Diaoyutai Islands

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Diaoyutai Islands

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Partial calque of Mandarin 釣魚臺群島 /釣魚台群島 /钓鱼台群岛 (Diàoyútái Qúndǎo).

proper noun Tiaoyutai Islands

Synonym of Senkaku Islands: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name (Taiwan and Hong Kong). By the spring of 1972, however, Peking’s general anti-Japanese offensive was fading away in any case, and in mid-May the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese jurisdiction brought the Self-Defense Forces into the vicinity of the Tiao Yü T’ai (or Senkaku). Peking accordingly dropped the issue as suddenly
Similar: Senkaku Islands, Diaoyu, Tiaoyu, Diaoyutai, Tiaoyutai, Diaoyu Islands, Tiaoyu Islands, Pinnacle Islands

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@misc{diaoyutai_islands_2026,
  title = {Diaoyutai Islands},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/diaoyutai%20islands},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}