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tsushima
/tsuːʃiːmə/
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What does tsushima mean?
proper noun
- An island of Nagasaki, Japan, between the Home Islands and Korea, now divided by early modern canals.
- A city in Nagasaki, Japan, coterminous with the main island of Tsushima.
- An archipelago of Nagasaki, Japan, surrounding the main island of Tsushima.
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proper noun
- A strait in Japan, between Tsushima Island and the Home Islands, the location of a major 1905 battle in the Russo-Japanese War.
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IPA pronunciation
/tsuːʃiːmə/
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Barely half an hour did Admiral Togo need to annihilate the Russian fleet, at the battle of Tsushima, which finally decided the fate of Japan, but thousands of little factors, small and remote, determined that success.