Shikoku

Shikoku

See also: shikoku

English

The island of Shikoku.

Etymology

From 四国 (しこく, Shikoku, “four provinces”), from Middle Chinese 四 (sìj, “four”) +‎ 國 (kwok, “state”, “country”).

(dog): < Japanese 四国犬 (shikoku-inu, “Shikoku dog”), named after the island where they originated.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈkəʊkuː/

Proper noun

Shikoku

1. The fourth-largest of Japan's islands.

Coordinate terms

• Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu

Translations

Japanese island

Arabic: شِيكُوكُو‎ m (šikūkū) Armenian: Սիկոկու (Sikoku) Chinese: Mandarin: 四國／四国 (zh) (Sìguó) Hebrew: שיקוקו‎ Hindi: शिकोकू (śikokū) Japanese: 四国 (ja) (しこく, Shikoku) Korean: 시코쿠 (Sikoku) Lithuanian: Šikoku Macedonian: Шико́ку n (Šikóku) Marathi: शिकोकु (śikoku) Russian: Сико́ку (ru) m (Sikóku) Turkish: Shikoku, Şikoku

Noun

Shikoku (plural Shikoku)

1. A dog of a particular breed of Japanese origin.

Translations

dog

Finnish: shikoku

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Japanese

Romanization

Shikoku

1. Rōmaji transcription of しこく