Tsushima

• Tsu-shima

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.

• IPA^(key): /tsuːʃiːmə/, /suːʃiːmə/

Tsushima

1. An island of Nagasaki, Japan, between the Home Islands and Korea, now divided by early modern canals.
2. A city in Nagasaki, Japan, coterminous with the main island of Tsushima.
3. An archipelago of Nagasaki, Japan, surrounding the main island of Tsushima.
4. A strait in Japan, between Tsushima Island and the Home Islands, the location of a major 1905 battle in the Russo-Japanese War.
   • 1952 July, the late H. Carew, “By Special Train in the Far East”, in Railway Magazine, page 488:

     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.

Tsushima

1. Rōmaji transcription of つしま