Etymology

Iriomote

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Today it means: The largest of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, and the second largest in Okinawa Prefecture after Okinawa Island itself. Full definition →

Okinawan 西表
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  1. Okinawan · derived from西表
  2. English todayIriomote

Borrowed from Japanese 西(いり)表(おもて) (Iriomote), from Okinawan 西表 (Iriumuti, literally “western front”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.