Chishima


[koo r-il, koo-reel] /ˈkʊər ɪl, kʊˈril/

plural noun
1.
a chain of small islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending from N Japan to the S tip of Kamchatka: renounced by Japan in 1945; under Russian administration.
/ˌtʃiːʃiːˈma/
noun
1.
the Japanese name for the Kuril Islands

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