Tsushima

English

Tsushima Island and Strait in the Korea Strait between the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan

Alternative forms

• Tsu-shima

Etymology

Romanized from Japanese 対馬 (Tsushima). Unrelated to the Japanese word 島 (shima, “island”). When the primary island is specifically described in Japanese, 対馬島 takes on the separate pronunciations Tsushimajima or Tsushimatō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsuːʃiːmə/, /suːʃiːmə/

Proper noun

Tsushima

1. An island in Nagasaki, Japan, between the Home Islands and Korea, now divided by early modern canals.
2. A city in Nagasaki, Japan, coterminous with the main island of Tsushima.
3. An archipelago in Nagasaki, Japan, surrounding the main island of Tsushima.
4. A strait in Japan, between Tsushima Island and the Home Islands, the location of a major 1905 battle in the Russo-Japanese War.
   • 1952 July, the late H. Carew, “By Special Train in the Far East”, in Railway Magazine, page 488:

     In 1905, the Russo-Japanese war fought itself to a standstill, and with the destruction of Rozhiestvensky's fleet at Tsushima, the Japanese, for financial reasons, had to put out feelers for peace.

Derived terms

• Tsushima Strait

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對馬 / 对马 (Duìmǎ) (modern); 鳳馬 / 凤马 (Fèngmǎ), 鳯馬 / 鳯马 (Fèngmǎ) (historical)

• French: Tsushima (fr)
• Japanese: 対馬 (ja) (つしま, Tsushima), 對馬 (つしま, Tsushima) (Kyūjitai)
• Korean: 쓰시마 (sseusima)
• Latin: Tsusima (modern); Fungma (historical)
• Manchu: ᡩᡠᡳ
  ᠮᠠ
  ᠵᡝᠣ (dui ma jeo)
• Marathi: त्सुशिमा (tsuśimā)
• Swedish: Tsushima

Japanese

Romanization

Tsushima

1. Rōmaji transcription of つしま