Sakhalin

English

Alternative forms

Saghalien

Etymology

From Russian Сахали́н (Saxalín), which was borrowed from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan, “black”), probably from the expression Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ
ᡠᠯᠠ
ᠠᠩᡤᠠ
ᡥᠠᡩᠠ (sahaliyan ula angga hada, “the peak at the estuary of the Amur river (literally: black river)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌsækəˈliːn/, /ˌsæx-/

Proper noun

Sakhalin

(geography) The largest island of Russia, off its eastern coast.
(geography) An oblast of Russia, located on the island.

Synonyms

(from Japanese)Karafuto
(from Mandarin Chinese) Kuye

Translations

island in Russia

Ainu: カムイ・カラ・プト・ヤ・モシリ (kamuy kar put ya mosir)
Arabic: سَخَالِين‎ m (saḵalīn), سَخَالِين‎ m (saḵalin)
Armenian: Սախալին (Saxalin)
Belarusian: Сахалі́н m (Saxalín)
Bengali: সাখালিন (sakhalin)
Bulgarian: Сахали́н m (Sahalín)
Catalan: Sakhalín
Chinese:
Mandarin: 薩哈林／萨哈林 (Sàhālín), 庫頁／库页 (Kùyè), 樺太／桦太 (zh) (Huàtài)
Czech: Sachalin (cs) m
Danish: Sakhalin
Dutch: Sachalin
Estonian: Sahhalin
Finnish: Sahalin (fi)
French: Sakhaline (fr) m
Georgian: სახალინი (saxalini)
German: Sachalin (de) n
Hebrew: סחלין‎ m (sakhalin)
Hindi: सखालिन (sakhālin)
Italian: Sachalin (it) m
Japanese: 樺太 (ja) (からふと, Karafuto), サハリン (Saharin)
Korean: 사할린 (Sahallin), 화태 (Hwatae), 고혈 (ko) (Gohyeol)
Latvian: Sahalīna
Lithuanian: Sachalinas
Macedonian: Сахали́н m (Sahalín)
Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ
ᡠᠯᠠ
ᠠᠩᡤᠠ
ᡥᠠᡩᠠ (sahaliyan ula angga hada)
Marathi: सखालिन m (sakhālin)
Mongolian: Сахалин (Saxalin)
Nivkh: Чока (Ț’oka)
Polish: Sachalin (pl) m
Portuguese: Sacalina f
Russian: Сахали́н (ru) m (Saxalín)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Сахалин m
Roman: Sahalin m
Slovak: Sachalin m
Slovene: Sahalin m
Spanish: Sajalín m
Swedish: Sachalin n
Thai: ซาฮาลิน (saa-haa-lin)
Ukrainian: Сахалі́н m (Saxalín)
Vietnamese: Sakhalin

Anagrams

Lakhanis