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Hokkaidō

利尻島

りしりとう Rishiri

Batchelor’s list analyses the name through height and land.

Ainu spellings: Ri-shiri

Analyses

Ri-shiri

proposed

The high land

Proponent: John Batchelor

The entry gives Ri-shiri and the gloss “The high land”.

Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 52, s.v. Rishiri
Analysis details
Confidence: low

The components fit the gloss, but the brief entry supplies no naming tradition or early attestation.

Attestations

  • Rishiri dictionary 1905 An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, 2nd edition
    “The high land.”

    The entry gives Batchelor’s analytical spelling and interpretation.

    Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 52, s.v. Rishiri

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