阿留申群岛 ā liú shēn qún dǎo

DEFINITIONS

  1. Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)

CHARACTERS

阿 ā prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
留 liú stop, halt; stay, detain, keep
申 shēn to state to a superior, report; extend; 9th terrestrial branch
群 qún (same as U+7FA3 羣) group, crowd, multitude, mob
岛 dǎo island