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ソロモン諸島

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Japanese

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 ソロモン諸島 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 6
とう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
ソロモン諸島 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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ソロモン (Soromon, Solomon) +‎ 諸島 (shotō, archipelago), calque of English Solomon Islands

Proper noun

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ソロモン(しょ)(とう) (Soromon Shotō

  1. Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)
  2. Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)