Ezo

See also: ezo

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蝦夷 (Ezo).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ezo

  1. A former name for the Ainu.
  2. A former name for Hokkaido and neighboring islands.
    • 1980, National Geographic Society (U.S.), National geographic‎[1], →OCLC:
      A fascination with Hokkaido's wild country first drew the veterinarian to Abashiri, and he is a leading expert on the Ezo red fox. Like much of Hokkaido's wildlife, this fox is not found on Honshu.

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Japanese

Romanization

Ezo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えぞ
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