first island chain

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English - English
The first chain of major archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. Principally composed of the Kuril Islands, Japanese Archipelago, Ryu Kyu Islands, Taiwan, the northern Philippines, and Borneo; from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Malay Peninsula
first island chain

    Hyphenation

    first is·land Chain

    Turkish pronunciation

    fırst aylınd çeyn

    Pronunciation

    /ˈfərst ˈīlənd ˈʧān/ /ˈfɜrst ˈaɪlənd ˈʧeɪn/

    Etymology

    () From the Chinese Mandarin term
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