Japanese

Noun

諸島 ‎(hiragana しょとう, romaji shotō, historical hiragana しょたう)

1. an archipelago (group of islands)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3