Tsushima

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim An island of Nagasaki, Japan, between the Home Islands and Korea, now divided by early modern canals.
2. özel isim A city in Nagasaki, Japan, coterminous with the main island of Tsushima.
3. özel isim An archipelago of Nagasaki, Japan, surrounding the main island of Tsushima.
4. özel isim A strait in Japan, between Tsushima Island and the Home Islands, the location of a major 1905 battle in the Russo-Japanese War.

   “In 1905, the Russo-Japanese war fought itself to a standstill, and with the destruction of Rozhiestvensky's fleet at Tsushima, the Japanese, for financial reasons, had to put out feelers for peace.”