Dictionary![]() ![]() Ku'rile Is'landsPronunciation: (koor'il, koo-rēl'), [key] a chain of small islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending from N Japan to the S tip of Kamchatka: renounced by Japan in 1945; under Russian administration. Also,Ku'ril Is'lands.Japanese, Chishima. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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