Ryukyu Islands

/riˈukju/
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Definitions of Ryukyu Islands
  1. noun
    a chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific to the to the southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972)
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    archipelago
    a group of many islands in a large body of water
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