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Partial calque from Japanese 尖閣諸島(せんかくしょとう) (senkakushotō) / 尖閣群島(せんかくぐんとう) (senkakuguntō) / 尖閣列島(せんかくれっとう) (senkakurettō).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Senkaku Islands
Today it means: A chain of islands in the Sakishima islands of Ishigaki, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, in the East China Sea (claimed by China and Toucheng Township, Yilan County, Taiwan (ROC)). Full definition →