Uotsuri

English

Etymology

From Japanese 魚釣.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌuːoʊˈtsʊəɹi/

Proper noun

Uotsuri

  1. An island in Ishigaki, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, in the Senkaku Islands
    • 1940 February 6, “13 Rescued from Wrecked Plane”, in Victoria Daily Times, volume 96, number 31, Victoria, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 1:
      A rescue ship headed toward Formosa today with the 13 persons who lived through the wrecking of a Japanese airways land plane in a forced landing on Uotsuri Island.
      The stranded crew of four and nine passengers were sighted by the ship along the beach, 110 miles north of Formosa.

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