shikoku in English

noun
1
the smallest of the four main islands of Japan, an administrative region; population 4,142,000 (est. 2005); capital, Matsuyama. The Inland Sea separates it from Kyushu on the west and Honshu on the north.

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1. Afterwards, Hideyoshi subjugated Kii Province and conquered Shikoku under the Chōsokabe clan.

2. They were great vassals of the Hosokawa clan then all powerful in Shikoku.

3. The population of black bears on Shikoku and Kyushu may be endangered or extinct.

4. 30 A city of northeast Shikoku, Japan, on the Inland Sea. It is a major seaport . Population, 3 00

5. On 25 May, Uhlmann joined specially formed TG 35.3 for an antishipping sweep across Kii Suido between Honshū and Shikoku.

6. Ken made landfall upon Shikoku early on September 25, and moved onward into the Sea of Japan where it evolved into an extratropical cyclone.

7. Since the 1980s, the sea's northern and southern shores have been connected by the three routes of the Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project, including the Great Seto Bridge, which serves both railroad and automobile traffic.