ryu-kyuとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Ryūkyū, Riukiu

語源

From Japanese 琉球 (Ryūkyū), from Middle Chinese 流求 (MC ljuw gjuw), a Chinese exonym for the island kingdom, of unclear origin. Doublet of Liuqiu.

発音

• IPA: /ˈɹjuːkjuː/, /ɹiˈuːkjuː/

固有名詞

Ryukyu

1. A chain of islands in Japan roughly between Kyushu and Taiwan.

   Synonym: the Ryukyus

   • 1888 April, H. T. Stainton, “Nepticula Serella, N. SP.”, in Entomologist's Monthly Magazine‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 261:

     White Butterflies in Japan.[...]Shortly after this I left Yokohama for the Ryukyu Islands, and next had my attention attracted by the "White" in the Bay of Kagoshima.

   • 2015 May 29, “Volcano erupts on remote southern Japanese island”, in Deutsche Welle‎, archived from the original on 23 October 2015, Japan‎:

     About 140 people live on Kuchinoerabu island in the Ryukyu archipelago, which is approximately 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of the main southern island of Kyushu.

同意語

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Liuqiu, Liuchiu

派生語

Further reading

• “Ryukyu, Riukiu”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Ryukyu Islands”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1618, column 2: “Formerly sometimes spelled Liukiu, Liu-ch’iu, Lu-chu, Loo-choo, and Riukiu.”
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Ryukyu Islands”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2674, columns 1, 2: “Other forms of the name are Lu-chu, Loo-choo, Liu-kiu, and Riukiu.”