Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tsushima

/tsuːʃiːmə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: tsushi-ma
IPA: /tsuːʃiːmə/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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An island of Nagasaki, Japan, between the Home Islands and Korea, now divided by early modern canals.

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A city in Nagasaki, Japan, coterminous with the main island of Tsushima.

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An archipelago of Nagasaki, Japan, surrounding the main island of Tsushima.

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A strait in Japan, between Tsushima Island and the Home Islands, the location of a major 1905 battle in the Russo-Japanese War.

Example Sentences

"In 1905, the Russo-Japanese war fought itself to a standstill, and with the destruction of Rozhiestvensky's fleet at Tsushima, the Japanese, for financial reasons, had to put out feelers for peace."

Etymology

Romanized from Japanese 対馬 (Tsushima). Unrelated to the Japanese word 島 (shima, “island”). When the primary island is specifically described in Japanese, 対馬島 takes on the separate pronunciations Tsushimajima or Tsushimatō.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 対馬

Inflected Forms

Tsu-shima (alternative)

Phrases

Tsushima Strait

Questions

How do you pronounce tsushima?: The recorded pronunciation is /tsuːʃiːmə/.
What does tsushima mean?: An island of Nagasaki, Japan, between the Home Islands and Korea, now divided by early modern canals.
Where does tsushima come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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