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TSUSHIMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)
Domain region:
Korea Strait; Korean Strait (a strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan)
Holonyms ("Tsushima" is a part of...):
Russo-Japanese War (Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria)