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Definition of Shikoku

1. Noun. The smallest of the four main islands of Japan; to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu; separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea; forested and mountainous.

Definition of Shikoku

1. Proper noun. The fourth largest of Japan's islands. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shikoku

Literary usage of Shikoku

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government by Johannes Justus Rein (1884)
"C. THE RELIEF OR ELEVATION OF THE ISLAND OF shikoku. ... Thus then we observe in shikoku a number of considerable mountain ridges of substantially the same ..."

2. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan: Including the Whole Empire from Yezo to by Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason, John Murray (Firm) (1901)
"The two most interesting portions of shikoku being the northeastern and north-western corners, it is generally most convenient to approach the latter by sea ..."

3. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"From Kobe via Himeji, Okayama (shikoku Island), Hiroshima, and Miyajima to Shimonoseki. Sanyo Main Line of the Imperial Government Railways. ..."

4. A Sunday School Tour of the Orient by Frank Llewellyn Brown, World's Sunday School Association (1914)
"The Island of shikoku is one of the secondary islands of the Empire of Japan. It, however, has a large population, and many cities of from 12000 to 100000 ..."

5. Journeys Among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895: With a Special Chapter by Joseph Llewelyn Thomas (1897)
"Leaving the shores of Hondo—Impressions—Sir Edwin Arnold's ' Seas and Lands '—shikoku—Meaning of the name— Climate—Discomfort—-The passage—The Japanese born ..."

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