島とう

suffix

Island (suffix in place names)

Suffix attached to island names, read as とう. Used in official and common geographical names.

• 日本にほんで一いち番ばん大おおきな島しまは本ほん州しゅうで、北ほっ海かい道どう、九きゅう州しゅう、四し国こくと続つづく。

  The largest island in Japan is Honshu, followed by Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku.

noun, used as a suffix, noun

island; islet

Noun or noun suffix, sometimes read しま in certain names or contexts. Refers to an island or islet.

• この島しまには珍めずらしい動どう植しょく物ぶつが生せい息そくしている。

  Rare flora and fauna inhabit this island.