Iturup
English
editEtymology
editFrom Russian Итуру́п (Iturúp), itself from Ainu エツ゚ヲロㇷ゚シㇼ (Etuworop-sir, “island with many capes”). Doublet of Etrof, from the Japanese rendition of the same Ainu toponym.
Proper noun
editIturup
- The largest and northernmost island in the southern Kuril Islands, disputed between <<c/Japan,Russia>.