English
Etymology
From Japanese 本州 (Honshū, “main island”), from Middle Chinese 本 (pwón, “main”) + 州 (t͡ʃjuw, “province”).
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Honshu
- The main island of the archipelago of Japan.
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.
2009, Nicolas Tranter, The Languages of Japan and Korea:In the past, the Ainu (their selfname meaning 'person'), traditionally huntergatherers, occupied not only Hokkaido but also a considerable part of the island of Honshu until the middle the eighteenth century, […]
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the main island of the Japanese Archipelago
- Arabic: هُونْشُو m (hunšū)
- Armenian: Հոնսյու (Honsyu)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 本州 (zh) (Běnzhōu)
- Czech: Honšú (cs) n
- Farefare: Hõnsjuu, Hõnsuu
- French: Honshū m
- German: Honshū n, Honshu (de) n, Honschu n
- Greek: Χόνσου (el) f (Chónsou) (rare n)
- Hindi: होंशू (honshū)
- Hungarian: Honsú (hu)
- Irish: Hoinsiú
- Japanese: 本州 (ja) (ほんしゅう, Honshū)
- Korean: 혼슈(本州) (Honsyu)
- Lithuanian: Honšiu
- Macedonian: Хоншу (Honšu)
- Marathi: होन्शू (honśū)
- Polish: Honsiu (pl) n
- Portuguese: Honshu (pt) f
- Russian: Хонсю́ (ru) m (Xonsjú)
- Spanish: Honshū m
- Thai: ฮนชู (th) (hon-chuu)
- Turkish: Honşu
- Urdu: ہونشو (honśū)
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Proper noun
Honshu f
- Honshu (the main island of the archipelago of Japan)