大琉球

Dàliúqiú
  1. (historical) the Ryukyu Kingdom. (contrasting with 小琉球 (Xiǎoliúqiú), Taiwan.)
  2. the Ryukyu Kingdom. (contrasting with 小琉球 (Xiǎoliúqiú), Taiwan.)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=1 大 dài see 大夫 dàifu
2 琉球 Liúqiú
  1. Ryūkyū
  2. refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群岛 Liúqiú Qúndǎo stretching from Japan to Taiwan
  3. Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏东县 Píngdōng Xiàn, Taiwan