Awashima
Awashima is an island in northern Niigata with 365 inhabitants, the island has two main settlements: Uchiura on the east coast and Kamaya on the west coast.Photo: suzune konoo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Niigata, Japan
- Also known as: “Ao Island”, “Ao Sima”, “Ao-shima”, “Awa Island”, “Awa Schima”, “Awa Sima”, “Awa-shima”, “Awashima Island”, “Awashima Island, Niigata”, and “Awo Island”
Awashima
- Category: landform
- Location: Awashimaura, Iwafune district, Niigata, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Awashima” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ավասիմա”
- Azerbaijani: “Avaşima adası”
- Azerbaijani: “Avaşima”
- Cebuano: “Awa Shima”
- Chinese: “栗島”
- Chinese: “粟島”
- Dutch: “Awashima”
- French: “Awa-shima”
- French: “Awashima”
- German: “Awashima”
- Italian: “isola di Awashima”
- Italian: “Isola di Awashima”
- Japanese: “粟島”
- Korean: “아와시마섬”
- Russian: “Авасима”
- Spanish: “Isla Awashima (Niigata)”
- Spanish: “Isla Awashima”
- Turkish: “Awashima”
- Ukrainian: “Авасіма”
- Ukrainian: “Авашіма”
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