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    The Amami Islands (奄美群島, Amami-guntō) is an archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of Kyushu. Administratively...
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  • The Amami are islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Amami may also refer to: Amami Ōshima, the largest island Amami, Kagoshima, a city on Amami Ōshima...
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    Amami Ōshima (奄美大島, Okinawan: Uushima (ウーシマ); Amami: Ushima (ウシマ)), also known as Amami, is the largest island in the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū...
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    The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), also known as the Ryukyu rabbit is a dark-furred species of rabbit which is found only on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima...
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    Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi, Tokara and Amami) and Okinawa Prefecture (Daitō, Miyako, Yaeyama, Senkaku, Okinawa, Sakishima...
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  • Yūki Amami (天海 祐希, Amami Yūki, born August 8, 1967) is a Japanese actress. Amami joined the Takarazuka Revue in 1987 and retired from the stage company...
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    The Amami thrush (Zoothera major) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It is endemic to the islands of Amami Ōshima and Kakeroma island in the northern...
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  • Amami Airport (奄美空港, Amami Kūkō) (IATA: ASJ, ICAO: RJKA) is an airport located 21.9 km (13.6 mi) east northeast of Amami, a city on Amami Ōshima (Amami...
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    The Amami woodcock (Scolopax mira) is a medium-sized wader. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than the Eurasian woodcock, and may be conspecific...
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    Northern Ryukyuan languages, also known as the Amami–Okinawan languages, are a group of languages spoken in the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture and the Okinawa...
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    Amami (奄美市, Amami-shi) is a city located on the island of Amami Ōshima, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Amami is the most populated municipality on Amami...
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    conversations in Amami Ōshima is not the traditional Amami language, but rather a regional variation of Amami-accented Japanese, known as Amami Japanese. It’s...
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    The Amami language or languages (島口, シマユムタ, Shimayumuta), also known as Amami Ōshima or simply Ōshima ('Big Island'), is a Ryukyuan language spoken in...
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    Lidth's jay (redirect from Amami Jay)
    Lidth's jay (Garrulus lidthi), also known as the Amami jay, is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae native to Japan. Measuring up to 38 cm (15 in)...
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    Amami Guntō National Park (奄美群島国立公園, Amami Guntō Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Established in 2017, the park comprises...
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  • clusters of the Amami languages, most of which have their own ISO 639-3 codes: Amami languages Amami Ōshima Northern Amami Ōshima Southern Amami Ōshima Kikai...
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  • Pinus amamiana (Amami pine, Yakushima white pine) is a species of pine. It is a native of southern Japan, on the islands of Yakushima and Tanegashima...
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    The Battle of Amami-Ōshima, known in Japan as the Spy Ship Incident in the Southwest Sea of Kyūshū (九州南西海域工作船事件, kyūshū-nansei-kaiiki-kōsakusen-jiken)...
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    city of Amami. Kikai Airport is located in the district. The "restoration of Ōshima District of Kagoshima Prefecture" was a slogan of the Amami reversion...
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  • As Japanese citizens, people of the Amami Islands presently only have family names (surnames) and given names. They are known for many unique one-character...
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    ethnic groups of Kagoshima Prefecture are the Japanese and the Ryukyuans (Amami Islands). Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu...
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  • Zhangixalus amamiensis, the Amami green tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Japan. Scientists had classified...
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    Ryukyuan people (redirect from Amami people)
    4 million living in the Okinawa Prefecture alone. Ryukyuans inhabit the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture as well, and have contributed to a considerable...
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    of Amami. From 1995 to 2000, a comprehensive investigation of gusuku was conducted in Naze (merged into the city of Amami in 2006) of northern Amami Ōshima...
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  • Sumiyō (住用村, Sumiyō-son) was a village located on Amami Ōshima in Ōshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated...
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  • Naze (名瀬市, Naze-shi) was a city located on Amami Ōshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on July 1, 1946. As of 2003, the city had...
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  • Amami Japanese (トン普通語, Ton-futsūgo) is a variety of the Japanese language spoken on the island of Amami Ōshima. Its native term Ton-futsūgo means "potato...
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  • Amami (literally Love me, also known as Daddy Don't Blush) is a 1993 Italian comedy film directed by Bruno Colella. Tullio Venturini, a retired widower...
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    Amami Station (天見駅, Amami-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway...
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    Abeid Amani Karume (4 August 1905 – 7 April 1972) was the first President of Zanzibar. He obtained this title as a result of a revolution which led to...
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