KURIL ISLANDS

Meaning of KURIL ISLANDS in English

Variant: or Ku · rile Islands

Pronunciation: ' kyu ̇ r- ˌ ē l, ' ku ̇ r-; kyu ̇ - ' r ē l, ku ̇ -

Function: geographical name

islands Russia in the Pacific bet. S Kamchatka & NE Hokkaido, Japan; belonged 1875-1945 to Japan area 6023 sq mi (15,600 sq km )

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KURIL ISLANDS — or Kurile Islands geographical name islands Russia in the Pacific between S Kamchatka & NE Hokkaido, Japan; belonged 1875-1945 to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KURIL ISLANDS — Archipelago, eastern Russia. It extends for 750 mi (1,200 km) from the southern tip of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula to the …
Английский словарь Британика
KURIL ISLANDS — Russian Kurilskiye Ostrova, Japanese Chishima-retto, archipelago in Sakhalin oblast (province), far-eastern Russia. The archipelago extends for 750 miles (1,200 km) …
Britannica English vocabulary
KURIL ISLANDS — or Ku·rile Islands ˈkyu̇r-ˌēl, ˈku̇r-; kyu̇-ˈrēl, ku̇- islands Russia in the Pacific between S Kamchatka & NE Hokkaido, Japan; belonged …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KURIL ISLANDS — Archipelago, eastern Russia. It extends for 750 mi (1,200 km) from the southern tip of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula to the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KURIL ISLANDS — Курильские острова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
KURIL ISLANDS — = Kurile Islands
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KURIL ISLANDS — арх. Курильские о-ва
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KURIL ISLANDS — Курильские острова
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
KURIL ISLANDS — Курильские острова
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
KURIL ISLANDS — = Kurile Islands
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
KURIL ISLANDS — = Kurile Islands
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
KURIL ISLANDS — арх. Курильские о-ва
Англо-Русский географический словарь
KURIL — Kuril, Kurile BrE AmE kʊ ˈriː ə l kju- AmE \ ˈkʊr ɪl ˈkjʊr-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ISLANDS — Изолированные
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Острова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Архипелаг
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
KURIL — (a) курильский
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ISLANDS — Chile
Russian-English Edic
ISLANDS — Изолированные
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ISLAND — I Any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, …
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VIRGIN ISLANDS — group of about 90 small islands, islets, cays, and rocks in the West Indies, situated some 40 to 50 miles …
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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS — British dependency in the West Indies, comprising two small groups of islands at the southeastern end of The Bahamas and …
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PACIFIC ISLANDS, HISTORY OF — history of the islands from prehistoric times to the end of colonial rule in the period after World War II. …
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PACIFIC ISLANDS — island geographic region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises three ethnogeographic regionsMelanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesiabut conventionally excludes the neighbouring island …
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P'ENG-HU ISLANDS — P'eng-hu also spelled Penghu, Chinese (Wade-Giles) P'eng-hu Ch'n-tao, or P'eng-hu Lieh-taoconventional Pescadores archipelago and hsien (county) of Taiwan, consisting of …
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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS — also called Northern Marianas, officially Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a self-governing commonwealth in political union with the United …
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KURIL TRENCH — deep submarine depression in the western Pacific Ocean, situated on the east side of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kuril Islands, …
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GALAPAGOS ISLANDS — Spanish Islas Galpagos, officially Archipilago de Coln (Columbus Archipelago), island group of the eastern Pacific Ocean, administratively part of Ecuador. …
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FRISIAN ISLANDS — low-lying chain of islands from 3 to 20 miles (5 to 32 km) off the northern European mainland. They extend …
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CAYMAN ISLANDS — British colony in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac, situated about 180 …
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ALEUTIAN ISLANDS — Aleutian Islands chain of small islands that separate the Bering Sea (north) from the main portion of the Pacific Ocean …
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ОСТРОВ — island; (в географических названиях и поэт. тж.) isle (of) island; isle поэт. превращать в остров — поэт. enisle поместить на …
Русско-Английский словарь общей тематики
ОСТРОВ — муж. island; isle поэт. превращать в остров — поэт. enisle поместить на остров — поэт. enisle большой остров — ( …
Русско-Английский краткий словарь по общей лексике
ОСТРОВ — муж. island isle поэт. превращать в остров – поэт. enisle поместить на остров – поэт. enisle большой остров – (среди …
Большой Русско-Английский словарь
OKHOTSK, SEA OF — geographical name inlet of the Pacific E Russia in Asia W of Kamchatka Peninsula & Kuril Islands
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KURILE ISLANDS — geographical name see: Kuril Islands
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AINU — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: ~ aynu person Date: 1819 a member of an indigenous people of the Japanese …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SAKHALIN ISLAND — Island, extreme eastern Russia. Together with the Kuril Islands , it forms an administrative region of Russia. It is 589 …
Английский словарь Британика
RING OF FIRE — Name given to a belt of seismic and volcanic activity roughly surrounding the Pacific Ocean. It includes the Andes Mountains …
Английский словарь Британика
OKHOTSK, SEA OF — Arm of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Bounded by the Siberian coast, the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands , Hokkaido …
Английский словарь Британика
ISLAND ARC — Long, curved chain of oceanic Examples include the Aleutian-Alaska Arc and the Kuril-Kamchatka Arc. Most island arcs consist of two …
Английский словарь Британика
GUILLEMOT — Any of three species of black-and-white seabirds (genus Cepphus , family Alcidae). Guillemots have a pointed, black bill and red …
Английский словарь Британика
AINU — Indigenous people of what is now Japan. Pushed north by the Japanese people over the last 2,000 years, the few …
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KURILIAN — I. k(y)üˈrilēən, -rēl- adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Kuril islands, group of islands south of Kamchatka belonging to the Union …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PACIFIC PLATE — Geol. one of the major tectonic divisions of the earth's crust, comprising four sea-floor basins; separated from the Nazca, Cocos, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KURILE ISLANDS — /koor"il, koo reel"/ a chain of small islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending from N Japan to the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AINU — n. member of an aboriginal Japanese people who live in parts of Hokkaido and Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
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KURILE ISLANDS — see Kuril Islands
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POLYNESIA — ethnogeographic grouping of islands scattered across a huge triangular area of the east-central Pacific Ocean. The triangle has its apex …
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OYA CURRENT — Japanese Oya-shio, also called Kuril Current surface oceanic current flowing southwest along the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands. Meeting …
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OUTER HEBRIDES — islands in Scotland, off the northwestern coast of the Scottish mainland. They constitute the Western Isles council area. Lewis, the …
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OKHOTSK, SEA OF — The Seas of Japan and Okhotsk. Russian Okhotskoye More, or Ochotskoje More, northwestern arm of the Pacific Ocean, bounded on …
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OCEANIC ARTS
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NETHERLANDS ANTILLES — Dutch Nederlandse Antillen, five islands in the Caribbean Sea, an autonomous part of The Netherlands since 1954. The islands are …
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NEMURO — city, eastern Hokkaido, Japan. It was founded as a post town in 1869 by a resident commissioner with 130 administrative …
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MICRONESIAN CULTURE — the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of those Pacific Islands grouped as Micronesia. The islands include Kiribati (formerly …
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MICRONESIA — officially Federated States of Micronesia, country in the western Pacific Ocean. It is composed of more than 600 islands and …
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LAKSHADWEEP — formerly (195673) Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, union territory of India. It is a group of some two dozen islands …
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GOLOVNIN, VASILY MIKHAYLOVICH — born April 8 [April 19, New Style], 1776, Ryazan province, Russia died June 29 , 1831, St. Petersburg Russian naval …
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FRENCH POLYNESIA — officially Territory of French Polynesia, French Territoire de la Polynsie Franaise collection of island groups and overseas territory of France …
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DODECANESE — Modern Greek Dhodheknisos, group of islands in the Aegean Sea, off the southwestern coast of Turkey, and constituting the noms …
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BAHAMAS, THE — officially Commonwealth of the Bahamas, archipelago and state on the northwestern edge of the West Indies. The group occupies an …
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