The name Pitcairn Island in Chinese / Japanese...

This is the Chinese name for the country of the Pitcairn Island (overseas territory of the United Kingdom).

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ピトケアン is the name Pitcairn in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

諾福克島 is the Chinese name for Norfolk Island.

Note: Sometimes written with one more character that means “ocean” making it Norfolk Ocean Island in Chinese.

See Also:  Oceania

島 means island in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

There are a few variants of this 島 character.
嶌 is sometimes used in Japan for place names. 嶋 is another variant that used to refer to the zone or area of operation of an organized crime gang or prostitution ring.
Be careful which character you use. But don’t worry, we’ll only write a proper island Kanji for you.

This is Guadeloupe Island in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Katakana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

夏威夷島 is how to write “The Hawaiian Islands” or “The Island of Hawaii” in Mandarin Chinese.

The island character in this title can be singular or plural.

グアム is the name Guam in Japanese Katakana.

グアム is also how the island of Guam is written in Japanese. Although, they often add the Kanji for island at the end like this: グアム島.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

仏島 is the place name Hotokeshima (Buddha Island) which is located in Chiba, Japan.

This can also be the personal name Hotokejima.

If you wanted a more religious version, the first character should probably be 佛, making it 佛島 for a more literal or mythical island of Buddhas.

ニューカレドニア島 is the Japanese name for the island of New Caledonia.

Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Katakana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is the Japanese name for the Chinese island of Macao (also sometimes written as Macau).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

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關島 is the Chinese name for the island of Guam (overseas territory of the United States).

See Also:  North America

澳門 is the Chinese name for the island of Macao.

Note: Macao / Macau is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China but formerly a territory of Portugal. Portuguese remains an official language.

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塔希提 is the mainland Chinese name for Tahiti.

This refers to the famous island in French Polynesia.

In Taiwan, they may use the word 大溪地 for Tahiti.

達魯 is the name Daru in Chinese (Mandarin).

Used as the name of Daru, capital of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea - also the name of the whole island in which the township resides.

なんくるない or nankurunai is an Okinawan word, written in Japanese that means “Don't worry, be happy.”

沖縄/Okinawa and/or the 琉球/Ryūkyū Islands have a more laid-back “island style” approach to life. So the nankurunai idea is a perfect match for that lifestyle.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Hiragana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

台灣 is the Chinese name for the Republic of China which is more commonly known as Taiwan.

The island of Taiwan is actually considered a renegade province of mainland China. It became the last holdout of the former government of China after Chairman Mao took power during the revolution that followed WWII.

Note: There are a few ways to write Taiwan: 台湾 / 薹灣 / 台灣.

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工合 is one of those Asian words that is used more in English than in the original Chinese.

Gung Ho was originally used to speak of Carlson's Raiders, a group of “Gung Ho” U.S. Marines who went on an island-hopping campaign of death during WWII.

A movie called Gung Ho came out in the mid-1940s and was later re-released in the 1950s depicting the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, and brought this word to the mainstream.

It is still sometimes used today within the U.S. Marine Corps brotherhood to refer to a unit or group that works well together or is otherwise efficient and motivated (has good morals).

In 1986, there was a movie called Gung Ho about a Japanese company taking over an American automotive factory. They completely ignored the fact that this was a Chinese title.

It should be noted that this title actually means a condition, state, manner, or the health of something in Japanese.

Language and pronunciation notes:
Like many Asian words absorbed into common use in English, this one is drastically mispronounced. The official Romanization is “gong he” but that doesn't tell you enough. The vowel sound on the first character is like the English word “own,” now just add the g-sounds to the beginning and end. The second character is misleading, as you might think it is like the English word “he.” In reality, the vowel sound is more like the “u” in “up.”

It should also be noted that the current generation in China no longer uses or recognizes this as a common word or slogan.

Note: This can be pronounced and is a word in Japanese, though seldom used. Japanese will use a variation of "具合" instead. But still, not common.

巴厘 is the Chinese title for Bali, Indonesia.

In Taiwan, they use 峇里 (a variant of these characters with the same pronunciation).

ハワイ諸島 is name of the Hawaiian Islands in Japanese.

Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Katakana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.