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RYUKYUAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Ryukyuan" is a kind of...):
Japanese (the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese)
Domain region:
Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu Islands southwest of Japan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ryukyuan" is a kind of...):
Japanese; Nipponese (a native or inhabitant of Japan)
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