Iwo Jima
A volcanic island in the Volcano Islands in the North Pacific, now administered as…A volcanic island in the Volcano Islands in the North Pacific, now administered as part of Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture and most famous for a major battle in World War II.
» The two sides fought fiercely in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Meaning
2 sensesA volcanic island in the Volcano Islands in the North Pacific, now administered as part of Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture and most famous for a major battle in World War II.
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A volcanic island in the Satsunan Islands in the Philippine Sea, administered as part of Kagoshima.
Examples
1 sentencesThe two sides fought fiercely in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Translations
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Origin
From the early modern Japanese misreading Iwōjima for 硫黄島 (Iwōtō, “Sulfur Island”), a calqFrom the early modern Japanese misreading Iwōjima for 硫黄島 (Iwōtō, “Sulfur Island”), a calque of English Sulphur Island in accounts of James Cook's voyages, possibly originally from Early Modern Spanish Isla Sufre although the island was left unnamed by its first known discoverer Bernardo de la Torre.
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