Sakurajima

English

Etymology

A romanization of Japanese 桜島 ("Cherry Island").

Proper noun

Sakurajima

  1. (placename) A volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Bay, one of the IAVCEI's 17 Decade Volcanoes.
  2. (placename) Its surrounding area, an island prior to the 1914 explosion and now a peninsula.

Synonyms

(island, peninsula):

  • Sakurajima Island
  • Sakurajima Peninsula

(volcano):

  • Sakurajima Volcano
  • Sakurajima Mountain

Noun

Sakurajima (plural Sakurajimas)

  1. (Japanese cuisine, botany) Its eponymous giant white radish (“桜島大根”), cultivated nearby since at least the 18th century.

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