Tsushima

Tsu·shi·ma  (ts-shm, tssh-mä)

Two islands of southwest Japan in Korea Strait between Kyushu and southeast South Korea. They are separated from Kyushu by Tsushima Strait, the site of a major naval battle (May 1905) in the Russo-Japanese War in which the Russian fleet was largely destroyed.

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Tsushima - a naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait Russo-Japanese War - Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria Korea Strait, Korean Strait - a strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan