KURILE ISLANDS


Meaning of KURILE ISLANDS in English

/koor"il, koo reel"/

a chain of small islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending from N Japan to the S tip of Kamchatka: renounced by Japan in 1945; under Russian administration.

Also, Kuril Islands . Japanese, Chishima .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .