Island (suffix in place names)
Suffix attached to island names, read as とう. Used in official and common geographical names.
Bali is popular with tourists.
island; islet
Noun or noun suffix, sometimes read しま in certain names or contexts. Refers to an island or islet.
On many remote islands, medical services are a challenge.
archipelago; group of islands
archipelago; chain of islands
outlying island; remote island; isolated island · leaving an island; to leave an island
uninhabited island; desert island
main island · this island
solitary island; isolated island
islander; island inhabitant
on the island; within the island; island-wide
island group; archipelago
islands
visiting an island; trip to an island
coming to an island; arriving on an island
the whole island; entire island · all the islands (of a group); every island
seven islands · Shichito matgrass
peninsula
entering an island; arriving on an island
territorial island; island belonging to a country
island chief; island lord
islander; island person
island governor
island name; name of an island
outside the island; off-island
island government office
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
The kanji 島 means 'island'. The reading とう is the on'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading), commonly used in compound island names. The kun'yomi しま is the native Japanese word for island.