琉球

First attested in 《隋書》 (636) as 流求 (MC lɨu ɡɨu). Further origin unknown.

琉球

1. (historical) Liuqiu, Lieuchieu (a legendary kingdom east of medieval China variously placed in the Okinawa, Taiwan, or the Penghu Islands)
2. Ryukyu, Ryūkyū (an archipelago in Japan)
3. (～嶼) Liuqiu (an island in Pingtung, Taiwan)

   • 八月十五彼一天，船要離開琉球港。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     八月十五彼一天，船要离开琉球港。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 陳一郎, 行船人的純情曲

     Poeh-goe̍h cha̍p-gō͘ hit chi̍t kang, chûn beh lī-khui Liû-khiû káng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     On August fifteenth, the boat will be leaving the harbour of Xiaoliuqiu Island.

   Synonym: 小琉球 (Xiǎoliúqiú)

4. (～鄉) Liuqiu (a township in Pingtung, Taiwan)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᠯᡳᠣ
  ᡴᡳᠣ (lio kio)
• → Portuguese: leque

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 流求 (MC lɨu ɡɨu).

First attested to a text in roughly 835 CE.[1]

• (Tokyo) りゅうきゅ​う [ryùúkyúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨᵝːkʲɨᵝː]

琉(りゅう)球(きゅう) • (Ryūkyū) ^{←りうきう (riukiu)?}

1. Ryukyu
2. Liuqiu Island, Taiwan

• (Kagoshima) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑukju/, /d͡ʑikju/, /d͡ʑiku/, /d͡ʑiki/

琉球(じゅきゅ) or 琉球(じきゅ) or 琉球(じく) or 琉球(ぢき) • (Jukyu or Jikyu or Jiku or Jiki) 

1. (dialect, Kagoshima) Ryukyu; Ryukyu Islands

• “じゅきゅ【琉球】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “じきゅ【琉球】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “じく【琉球】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “ぢき・じき【琉球】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

• IPA^(key): /ɾuːt͡ɕuː/, /duːt͡ɕuː/, /luːt͡ɕuː/

琉球 (hiragana るーちゅー, romaji Rūchū, alternative reading どぅーちゅー, romaji Dūchū)

1. Ryukyu, pertaining to the Ryukyu Islands or the former Ryukyu Kingdom

• “るーちゅー・どぅーちゅー【琉球】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “るーちゅー” in Okinawan Dictionary - KozaWeb.

琉球

1. chữ Hán form of lưu cầu (“jade-inlaid sword”).

琉球

1. chữ Hán form of Lưu Cầu (“Ryukyu”).