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==Names== The modern English name ''Iturup'' and earlier ''Yetorup'' are [[romanization of Russian|romanization]]s of the [[Russian language|Russian]] name ''Ostrov Iturúp'' ({{lang|ru|Остров Итуру́п}}, "Iturup Island").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4084546&fid=5567&c=russia |title=Ostrov Iturup: Russia |work=Geographical Names |access-date=2014-02-24}}</ref> It was previously known in English as '''Etrof'''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Contemporary Japan, Volume 24|publisher=Foreign Affairs Association of Japan|year=1956|pages=520}}</ref> from the [[Japanese language|Japanese]] name ''Etorofu-tō'' ({{lang|ja|択捉島}}, "Iturup Island").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4068800&fid=5567&c=russia |title=Etorofu-tō: Russia |work=Geographical Names |access-date=2014-02-24}}</ref> Both the Russian and Japanese names come from the native [[Ainu language|Ainu]] ''Etuworop-sir'' ({{lang|ain|エツ゚ヲロㇷ゚シㇼ}}), meaning "island with many [[cape (landform)|capes]]".
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