Shikoku

See also: shikoku

English

The island of Shikoku.

Etymology

From 四国 (しこく, Shikoku, “four provinces”), from Middle Chinese 四 (sìj "four") + 國 (kwok "state", "country").

Proper noun

Shikoku

The fourth-largest of Japan's islands.

Coordinate terms

Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu

Translations

Japanese island

Arabic: شِيكُوكُو‎ m (šikūkū)
Armenian: Սիկոկու (Sikoku)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 四國 (zh), 四国 (zh) (Sìguó)
Hebrew: שיקוקו‎
Hindi: शिकोकू (śikokū)
Japanese: 四国 (ja) (しこく, Shikoku)

Korean: 시코쿠 (Sikoku)
Lithuanian: Šikoku
Macedonian: Шико́ку n (Šikóku)
Marathi: शिकोकु (śikoku)
Russian: Сико́ку m (Sikóku)
Turkish: Shikoku, Şikoku

Japanese

Romanization

Shikoku

Rōmaji transcription of しこく

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