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Kurile Islands — /koor il, koo reel / a chain of small islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending from N Japan to the S tip of Kamchatka: renounced by Japan in 1945; under Russian administration. Also, Kuril Islands. Japanese, Chishima … Useful english dictionary
Kurile Islands — geographical name see Kuril Islands … New Collegiate Dictionary
KURILE ISLANDS — a chain of 26 islands, being a continuation of the peninsula of Kamchatka, enclosing the sea of Okhotsk; very sparsely inhabited … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Kurile Islands — group of islands between Kamchatka and Japan … English contemporary dictionary
Kurile Islands — Ku′rile (or Ku′ril) Is′lands [[t]ˈkʊər ɪl, kʊˈril[/t]] n. pl. geg a chain of small islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending from N Japan to the S tip of Kamchatka: renounced by Japan in 1945; under Russian administration … From formal English to slang
Kurile Islands — Island chain between Russia and Japan … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Kurile Lake — Infobox lake lake name = Kurile Lake image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Kamchatka Peninsula coords = coord|51.45|N|157.12|E|type:waterbody region:RU|display=inline,title type = crater lake inflow =… … Wikipedia
Kuril Islands dispute — Coordinates: 44°6′N 146°42′E / 44.1°N 146.7°E / 44.1; 146.7 … Wikipedia
Kuril Islands — or Kurile Islands [ko͞o′ril, ko͞o rēl′] chain of islands belonging to Russia, between N Hokkaido, Japan, and Kamchatka Peninsula: formerly Japanese (1875 1945): c. 6,000 sq mi (15,540 sq km) * * * Archipelago, eastern Russia. It extends for 750… … Universalium
Kuril Islands — /kuˌril ˈaɪləndz/ (say kooh.reel uyluhndz) plural noun a chain of small islands off the north eastern coast of Asia, extending from northern Japan to the southern tip of Kamchatka; under Russian administration; some of the islands claimed by… …
