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Sakhalin en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsæx-/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌsækəˈliːn/

Etymology

From Russian Сахали́н (Saxalín), which was borrowed from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan, “black”), probably from the expression Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ ᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡥᠠᡩᠠ (sahaliyan ula angga hada, “the peak at the estuary of the Amur river (literally: black river)”). Ultimately from Proto-Tungusic *sakalīn (“black”).

Meanings

1. The largest island of Russia, off its eastern coast.
   • SAGHALIN, or SAKHALIN, is the name improperly given to a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45° 57' and 54° 24' N. lat. and 141° 30' and 144° 50' E. long., off the coast of Russian Manchuria. Its proper name is Karaftu, or Karafuto. 1886, “SAGHALIN, or SAKHALIN”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th edition, volume XXI, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 147, column 1:
   • The island of Sakhalin, separated from the mainland by the strait known as the Gulf of Tartary, resembles the neighbouring coast of Russian Manchuria in its configuration. The mountain chain which borders the west coast rises here and there into real peaks of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet in height. 1899, D. Aïtoff, “The Russian Empire”, in Hugh Robert Mill, transl., edited by Hugh Robert Mill, The International Geography, George Newnes, →OCLC, page 399:
2. An oblast of Russia, located on the island.

Forms

Deriveds

Sakhalin wolf · Sakhalin Husky

Relateds

Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk · Toyohara

Synonyms

Kuye (from Mandarin Chinese) · Karafuto (from Japanese)

Translations (62)

sl Sahalin (island in Russia) · th ซาฮาลิน (island in Russia) · et Sahhalin (island in Russia) · tr Sahalin (island in Russia) · niv Ых Миф (island in Russia) · cmn 薩哈林 /萨哈林 (island in Russia) · niv Чока (island in Russia) · hi साख़ालिन (island in Russia) · ko 화태 (island in Russia) · pl Sachalin (island in Russia) · niv Лыр Миф (island in Russia) · niv Ту Миф (island in Russia) · da Sakhalin (island in Russia) · be Сахалі́н (island in Russia) · ka სახალინი (island in Russia) · ain カムイ・カラ・プト・ヤ・モシリ (island in Russia) · mnc ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ ᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡥᠠᡩᠠ (island in Russia) · ca Sakhalín (island in Russia) · cmn 樺太 /桦太 (island in Russia) · az Сахалин (island in Russia) · cmn 庫頁 /库页 (island in Russia) · sv Sachalin (island in Russia) · uk Сахалі́н (island in Russia) · ja サハリン (island in Russia) · el Σαχαλίνη (island in Russia) · nl Sachalin (island in Russia) · mnc ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (island in Russia) · mnc ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᠮᡝᡩᡝᡵᡳ ᡨᡠᠨ (island in Russia) · ja 樺太 (island in Russia) · he סחלין (island in Russia) · bg Сахали́н (island in Russia) · lv Sahalīna (island in Russia) · ro Sahalin (island in Russia) · pt Sacalina (island in Russia) · bn সাখালিন (island in Russia) · de Sachalin (island in Russia) · ko 고혈 (island in Russia) · fi Sahalin (island in Russia) · ru Сахали́н (island in Russia) · lt Sachalinas (island in Russia) · mnc ᡴᡠᠶᡝ ᡶᡳᠶᠠᡴᠠ (island in Russia) · mk Сахали́н (island in Russia) · niv Лер Миф (island in Russia) · sh Sahalin (island in Russia) · it Sachalin (island in Russia) · ko 사할린 (island in Russia) · mnc ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡨᡠᠨ (island in Russia) · az Saxalin (island in Russia) · hy Սախալին (island in Russia) · cs Sachalin (island in Russia) · sk Sachalin (island in Russia) · es Sajalín (island in Russia) · vi Sakhalin (island in Russia) · fr Sakhaline (island in Russia) · sh Сахалин (island in Russia) · ar سَخَالِين (island in Russia) · oaa Бу́ғата на̄ (island in Russia) · mr सखालिन (island in Russia) · cmn 库页岛 (island in Russia) · ain カラㇷ゚ト (island in Russia) · ar سَخَالِين (island in Russia) · mn Сахалин (island in Russia)