南なん洋よう諸しょ島とう

noun

South Sea Islands

Refers to the islands of the South Pacific, often in historical or geographical contexts. The term may evoke the Japanese-administered South Seas Mandate (Nan'yō) of the early 20th century.

• 南なん洋よう諸しょ島とうは、かつて日本にほんの委い任にん統とう治ち領りょうだった。

  The South Sea Islands were once a Japanese mandate territory.