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Yonaguni
Yonaguni meaning
A town and island of Yaeyama district, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan; the westmost inhabited island of Japan. | A Ryukyuan language spoken on the island of Yonaguni.
Example sentences (2)
Japan can monitor waters east of Taiwan from Yonaguni island, about 100 kilometers away.
In September, the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, accompanied by two destroyers, sailed between Yonaguni and Iriomote, entering Japan’s contiguous zone — a maritime area just outside territorial waters where limited control over traffic is permitted.