Tsushima
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9.9
- proper noun
- /tsuˈʃiːmə/
- That's how calamities like Chernobyl, Lamberton, and Tsushima happen.
Examples
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However, Tsushima and Iki were missing from the map.
Academic text (2016) -
Next, you should send troops and completely exterminate the remaining pirates in the islands of Tsushima and Iki and the Matsura region.
Academic text (2016) -
The entire land area was on it, all but the islands of Iki and Tsushima, so I added them. '95
Academic text (2016) -
As far as military defeat leading to revolution goes, I imagine you'll be discussing the Battle of Tsushima next week?
Blog text (20) -
A few days later, however, on 27 and 28 May 1905, the mostly British-built Japanese battle fleet pulled off a stunning upset victory against the Russian fleet at the Battle of Tsushima Straits.
Academic text (2008) -
After the Battle of the Tsushima Strait, Admiral Togo's men pulled Russian Admiral Rozdezhvensky out of the water, treated his wounds, and extended the expected courtesies to an officer of his rank.
Blog text (5) -
Meanwhile, he ordered Yoshihiro to 'send troops and completely exterminate the remaining pirates in the islands of Tsushima and Iki and the Matsura (sic) region.'
Academic text (2016) -
That is, whether going to or returning from the Japanese capital, the envoy would have stopped in the Yamaguchi area, where the Ouchi family was based, and while there would have seen the Hirai map, almost certainly the image from which he reproduced Tsushima and Iki islands.
Academic text (2016) -
One plan is for a traditional one-story Safeway close to Tsushima Drive, and the other is for a more urban Safeway in either a podium style or rooftop parking style on the corner three-acre site that is not subject to the deed restriction.
Blog text (26) -
In 1905, the Japanese fleet achieved a stunning victory at Tsushima, which decisively shifted the balance in the Russo-Japanese War.
Synonyms
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9.1
An important naval battle in 1905 in which Japan defeats the Russian fleet in the sea between Korea and Japan
Compounds
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9.1
An important naval battle in 1905 in which Japan defeats the Russian fleet in the sea between Korea and Japan
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tsushima is the name of a Japanese island, and the ending -shima means 'island' in Japanese. So the Battle of Tsushima is simply the big sea fight that happened by that island.