Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
じゅう
Grade: 1
ろく
Grade: 1
しま
Grade: 3
 十六島 (茨城県・千葉県) on Japanese Wikipedia

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Literally "sixteen islands"; (じゅう)(ろく) (jūroku, sixteen) + (しま) (shima, island).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑɨᵝːɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝɕima̠]

Proper noun edit

(じゅう)(ろく)(しま) (Jūrokushima

  1. a region in Ibaraki Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 1 Grade: 3
irregular
 十六島 (出雲市) on Japanese Wikipedia

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝp̚pɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝi]

Proper noun edit

十六島(うっぷるい) (Uppurui

  1. a place in Izumo, Shimane, famous for production of nori