ソロモン諸島

Japanese

Kanji in this term
諸 島
しょ
Grade: 6 		とう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

ソロモン (Soromon, “Solomon”) +‎ 諸島 (shotō, “archipelago”), calque of English Solomon Islands

Proper noun

ソロモン諸(しょ)島(とう) • (Soromon Shotō) 

  1. Solomon Islands (a country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)
  2. Solomon Islands (an archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)
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