Okinotorishima

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An island of Japan, properly two rocks on a coral reef atoll
  2. 2
    A coral reef atoll of Japan, currently containing two natural rocks (islets) and an artificial rock (islet), located between Guam and Taiwan, in the Philippine Sea

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atolldouglas reefparece vela

Etymology

From Japanese 沖ノ鳥島 (Okinotorishima, literally “open sea bird island”).

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