Talk:Ryukyu Islands
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Perhaps some of the content can be moved to History of Okinawa and Ryukyu Kingdom. --Tongpoo 00:50, 2003 Dec 5 (UTC)
I think Commodore Perry wrote the name as "Lew Chew"; is that worth noting? --165.121.147.225 00:35, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I believe Lūchū is the Okinawan name for Ryūkyū. - Gilgamesh 00:55, 2004 June 14 (UTC)
...no, no it is not. "luchu"/"lew chew"/"loo choo" is an English-language name. The Okinawan name is "ruuchuu", a word borrowed from Chinese, or "uruma", a native word. --Node ue 11:10, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
