# Karafuto

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. Japanese name for Sakhalin (island in Russia)
2. a Japanese prefecture (Karafuto-chō) on the South Sakhalin, commonly called South Sakhalin from 1905 to 1945.

## Etymology
From Japanese 樺太 (Karafuto).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/karafuto