Meaning of Liukiu | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of Ryukyu (“island chain”).

archaic

Examples

“YAMEN MINISTERS. We have⟳ only heard of the Formosan savages plundering and killing the people of Liukiu, but never heard of their attacking Japanese. Liukiu is a Chinese territory, and Chinese officers rescued and sent home to Liukiu such of them as could escape⟳ from the savages. JAPANESE MINISTER. Liukiu has always belonged to Japan. During the feudal ages it was a dependency of the Prince of Satsuma, and is now under the direct⟳ rule⟳ of the Imperial Government. Hence, there is not a person of Liukiu who is not a Japanese subject, entitled to the protection of the Japanese Government. You say⟳ you have⟳ rescued the Liukiu people, but what have⟳ you done towards chastising the Formosan savages that have⟳ plundered and killed the rest⟳ ?”

“The captain of the schooner told me also that he was going to Ponape and the Liukiu Islands, then he would return⟳ directly home.”

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