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shikotan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shikotan
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island in the Kurils, occupied by Russia but claimed by Japan.

Etymology

From Russian Шикотан (Šikotan) and Japanese 色丹, both from Ainu シコタン, from シ + コタン (“settlement, island”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Шикотан, 色丹, シコタン

Synonyms

Spanberg Spanberga

Questions

What does shikotan mean?
An island in the Kurils, occupied by Russia but claimed by Japan.
Where does shikotan come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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