Etymology

Hateruma

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Today it means: An island in the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa, Japan. This is the southernmost inhabited island in Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 波照間
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from波照間
  2. English todayHateruma

Borrowed from Japanese 波照間 (Hateruma).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.