Diaoyu Islands

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Diaoyu Islands

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Partial calque from Mandarin 釣魚島／钓鱼岛 (Diàoyúdǎo).

proper noun Tiaoyu Islands

A chain of islands in the East China Sea: the People's Republic of China (mainland China) name. When Japan annexed the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in 1895, it detached them from Taiwan and placed them under Okinawa Prefecture. Moreover, the Japanese name “Senkaku Islands” itself was first introduced in 1900 by academic Kuroiwa Hisashi and adopted by the Japanese government thereafter. Half a centur
Similar: Diaoyu, Tiaoyu, Diaoyutai, Tiaoyutai, Diaoyutai Islands, Tiaoyutai Islands, Pinnacle Islands, Senkaku Islands

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@misc{diaoyu_islands_2026,
  title = {Diaoyu Islands},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/diaoyu%20islands},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}