Shimoshima Island
Shimoshima is the largest island in the Amakusa archipelago. Its coasts are washed by Ariake Sea, Amakusa-nada sea, East China Sea and Yatsushiro Sea. Most of Shimoshima Island is administered as part of Amakusa city, with 67 km2 patch on north-west coast belonging to the town of Reihoku.- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Amakusa island group
- Also known as: “Amakusa Shimo Shima”, “Amakusa Shimoshima”, “Amakusa-Simo Sima”, “Shimo Jima”, “Shimojima”, “Shimoshima”, and “Shimoshima Island, Amakusa”
Shimoshima Island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Shimoshima Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Amakusa-shimoshima”
- Chinese: “下島 (天草群島)”
- Chinese: “下島”
- Czech: “Ostrov Šimošima”
- Dutch: “Shimoshima”
- Greek: “Σιμόσιμα”
- Japanese: “しもじま”
- Japanese: “シモジマ”
- Japanese: “下島”
- Japanese: “天草下島”
- Russian: “Симосима (Амакуса)”
- Russian: “Симосима”
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