Associations to the word «Karafuto»

Wiktionary

KARAFUTO, proper noun. A Japanese name for Sakhalin (island in Russia)
KARAFUTO, proper noun. A Japanese prefecture (Karafuto-chō) on the South Sakhalin, commonly called South Sakhalin from 1905 to 1945.

Wise words

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