Library / English Dictionary

RYUKYUAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Ryukyuan" is a kind of...):

Japanese (the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese)

Domain region:

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu Islands southwest of Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Ryukyuan" is a kind of...):

Japanese; Nipponese (a native or inhabitant of Japan)

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