a group of five rocky islands between Japan and South Korea, in the Korea Strait: administratively part of Japan; scene of a naval defeat for the Russians (1905) during the Russo-Japanese war. Pop: 41 230 (2000). Area: 698 sq km (269 sqmiles)
Tsushima in American English
(ˈtsuʃiˌmɑ; tsuˈʃimə)
islands of Japan in the Korea Strait, between Kyushu & Korea: 272 sq mi (704 sq km)