Senkaku Islands

Senkaku Islands

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Japanese 尖閣諸島 (せんかくしょとう, Senkaku shotō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛŋkɑːku ˈaɪləndz/

Proper noun

Senkaku Islands

1. A chain of East China Sea islands in Ishigaki, Okinawa prefecture, Japan (claimed by China and Toucheng Township, Yilan County, Taiwan (ROC)).
   • 1950 [1940 December 4], Ōshima, Masamitsu, “A symposium on the investigation of tuna and skipjack spawning grounds”, in Spawning Grounds of Tuna and Skipjack‎, Fish and Wildlife Service, OCLC 3866272, page 5:

     There are, however, localities where small skipjack are caught throughout the year such as in the Senkaku Islands off Miyako.

   • 1970, 1969 News Dictionary‎, Facts on File, →ISBN, page 233:

     Japanese geologists reported that huge oil deposits had been discovered in the area of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea during a survey conducted June 4 to July 13.

   • 1979 July 8, “ROC keeps watch on situation of Nicaragua”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XX, number 26, Taipei, page 1:

     At the same press conference, King also reiterated the nation's sovereignty over Tiaoyutai, or Senkaku islands, as the Japanese call them.
     "The Republic of China's sovereignty over the island group shall not be affected by any measure taken by any party," he said.
     King condemned the Peiping regime for offering to prospect for resources around the islands in cooperation with Japan.

   • 2022 April 25, Yamaguchi, Mari, “Japan to send envoy to Solomons amid worry over China pact”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 25 April 2022:

     Japan sees China’s increasingly assertive military activity in the East and South China seas as a threat in some of the world’s busiest sea lanes.
     Japan is especially concerned about Chinese military and coast guard activity in the East China Sea near the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, which China also claims and calls Diaoyu.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Senkaku Islands.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Diaoyu Islands, Diaoyutai Islands, Diaoyutai, Dioayu, Tiaoyu, Tiaoyutai, Tiaoyutai Islands, Tiaoyu Islands
• Pinnacle Islands

Translations

islands

Chinese: Mandarin: 釣魚臺群島／钓鱼台群岛 (Diàoyútái qúndǎo), 釣魚島／钓鱼岛 (zh) (Diàoyúdǎo), 釣魚臺／钓鱼台 (zh), 钓鱼台 (Diàoyútái) French: Îles Senkaku f pl, îles Diaoyutai f pl German: Senkaku-Inseln f pl, Diaoyu-Inseln f pl, Diaoyutai-Inseln f pl Japanese: 尖閣諸島 (せんかくしょとう, Senkaku shotō) Korean: 센카쿠 열도 (Senkaku yeoldo), 조어도 (Jo'eodo) Russian: Сэнка́ку m (Sɛnkáku) (indeclinable), Дяоюйта́й m (Djaojujtáj) Spanish: Islas Senkaku f Vietnamese: quần đảo Senkaku, quần đảo Điếu Ngư, quần đảo Điếu Ngư Đài

Further reading

• “Senkaku Islands”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Senkaku Islands at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Senkaku Islands” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.