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Honshu
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Honshū
English
Alternative forms
en Honshū
Etymology
From en ja - 本%州 ^ほん%しゅう main island, from en ltc - ltc 本 pwón main 州 t͡ʃjuw province 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈhɑnʃu/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Honshu.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q13989en The main <<island>> of the archipelago of <<c/Japan>>.
en https://archive.org/details/nationalgeograph157nati/page/n135/mode/2up?q=%22ezo+red+fox%22 National geographic National Geographic Society (U.S.) 6451257 1980 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.
en 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,
Synonyms
en Niphon obsolete
Coordinate terms
en Hokkaido, en Kyushu, en Shikoku
Derived terms
en Honshu wolf
Translations
the main island of the Japanese Archipelago
Arabic: ar هُونْشُو m hunšū
Armenian: hy Հոնսյու
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 本州 Běnzhōu
Czech: cs Honšú n
Farefare: gur Hõnsjuu, gur Hõnsuu
French: fr Honshū m
German: de Honshū n, de Honshu n, de Honschu n
Greek: el Χόνσου f (rare n)
Hindi: hi होंशू honshū
Hungarian: hu Honsú
Irish: ga Hoinsiú
Japanese: ja 本州 ほんしゅう, Honshū
Korean: ko ^혼슈(本州)
Lithuanian: lt Honšiu
Macedonian: mk Хоншу
Marathi: mr होन्शू
Polish: pl Honsiu n
Portuguese: pt Honshu f
Russian: ru Хонсю́ m
Spanish: es Honshū m
Thai: th ฮนชู
Turkish: tr Honşu
Urdu: ur ہونشو honśū
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt Honshu Q13989