諸島

しょとう

archipelago; group of islands

What does 諸島 mean?

諸島 is a Japanese noun meaning archipelago; group of islands in English. It is written as 諸島 in kanji, しょとう in hiragana, and shotou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

スペインは昔フィリピン諸島統治していた。

Spain once governed the Philippine Islands.