Shima
[ˈʃiːmə]Meaning
Japanese 島 (shima), "island"; borrowed into English and Portuguese
Background Story
English and Portuguese borrowed Shima from the Japanese 島 (Shima). A user-submitted entry records it as a feminine given name in Persian, Newar and, rarely, Japanese, and as a masculine one in Chechen and Tiv.
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