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Hokkaido
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Hokkaidó Hokkaidō
English
thumb|Satellite image of Hokkaido by Terra, May 2001
Alternative forms
en Hokkaidō
Etymology
en ja - 北%海%道 ^ほっ%かい%どう North Sea Circuit, from en ltc - ltc 北海 pək-hʌi˧˥ Northern sea 道 dáu Circuit a province-like administrative unit from Tang dynasty China 1.
Pronunciation
en /hɒˈkaɪdəʊ/ /hə-/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hokkaido.wav Southern England
en /hɑˈkaɪdoʊ/ /hə-/ GA
en aɪdəʊ 3
Proper noun
The second largest island of Japan, capital Sapporo.
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,
en Tejal Rao Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture w:The New York Times 2016-06-27 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/dining/mochi-recipe-tomoko-kato.html 0362-4331 Ms. Kato, 38, was born in Hokkaido, Japan, and has worked as a pastry chef in French and Japanese restaurants. https://web.archive.org/web/20210715210313/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/dining/mochi-recipe-tomoko-kato.html
en Jenny Marc; Katy Scott Revolutionary gel is five times stronger than steel w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hydrogel-steel-japan 2017-07-16 Gong’s inspiration comes from exploring the great outdoors in Sapporo, the mountainous capital city of Hokkaido in northern Japan. https://web.archive.org/web/20250702001159/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hydrogel-steel-japan
en Supana Onikage Quof K. “Kitty-tama” Jordan Lazy Dungeon Master 5 w:J-Novel Club 2019 9781718324084 I took another look at the map, impressed by how useful random modern Earth knowledge was in this world. Tsia Mountain, which contained our dungeon, was within the Empire’s territory. Using the size of the mountain to estimate distance… Yeah, the Empire was pretty huge. How many Hokkaidos could even fit in here? More than a few. Not to mention that there’s dozens of dungeons marked on the map.
Coordinate terms
en Honshu, en Kyushu, en Shikoku
Derived terms
en Hokkaido wolf orange Hokkaido
Translations
a northern largest island of Japan, or a prefecture based in itself
Afrikaans: af Hokkaido
Ainu: ain アイヌモシㇼ aynumosir, ain アィヌ・モシㇼ aynu-mosir, ain ヤウンモシㇼ yaunmosir
Amharic: am ሆካይዶ
Arabic: ar هُوكَايْدُو f, ar هُكَّايْدُو f
Armenian: hy Հոկայդո
Azerbaijani: az Hokkaydo
Bashkir: ba Хокка́йдо
Belarusian: be Хака́йда
Bulgarian: bg Хока́йдо
Catalan: ca Hokkaido
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue ^北海道
Eastern Min: cdo ^北海道 Báe̤k-hāi-dô̤
Mandarin: cmn ^北海道
Wu: wuu ^北海道
Czech: cs Hokkaidó
Danish: da Hokkaido
Dutch: nl Hokkaido n
Esperanto: eo Hokajdo
Farefare: gur Hokkaidoo
Finnish: fi Hokkaido, fi Hokkaidō
French: fr Hokkaido, fr Hokkaïdo
Galician: gl Hokkaido
Georgian: ka ჰოკაიდო
German: de Hokkaido n, de Hokkaidō n
Greek: el Χοκκάιντο, el Χοκκάιντω
Hebrew: he הוקאידו
Hindi: hi होक्काइदो m
Hungarian: hu Hokkaidó
Icelandic: is Hokkaido, is Hokkaidō
Indonesian: id Hokkaido
Italian: it Hokkaido, it Hokkaidō
Japanese: ja 北海道 ほっかいどう, Hokkaidō
Korean: ko ^홋카이도, ko ^북해도(北海道)
Lao: lo ຮົກໄກໂດ
Latin: la Esonia f, la Esonis
Lithuanian: lt Hokaidas
Macedonian: mk Хокаи́до n
Malay: ms Hokkaido, ms Hokkaidō
Manchu: mnc ᠣᠯᡥᠣᠨ ᡨᡠᠨ
Marathi: mr होक्काइदो m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Hokkaido
Nynorsk: nn Hokkaido
Persian: fa هوکایدو
Polish: pl Hokkaido n
Portuguese: pt Hokkaido
Romanian: ro Hokkaido
Russian: ru Хокка́йдо m
Samogitian: sgs Huokaids
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Хокаидо, sh Хоккаидо
Latin: sh Hokaido, sh Hokkaido
Slovak: sk Hokkaidó
Slovene: sl Hokaido
Spanish: es Hokkaido
Swedish: sv Hokkaido n
Tagalog: tl Hokkaido, tl Hokkaidō
Tamil: ta ஹொக்கைடோ
Thai: th ฮกไกโด
Tibetan: bo ཧོ་ཁའི་དོ
Turkish: tr Hokkaido
Ukrainian: uk Хокка́йдо m
Urdu: ur ہوکائیدو hokkāīdo
Uyghur: ug خوككايدو ئارىلى
Vietnamese: vi Hokkaido, vi Hokkaidō, vi Đảo Hokkaido, vi Đảo Hokkaidō
Yiddish: yi האָקײַדאָ
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Noun
A breed of dog originating from Japan, resembling a spitz dog breed, although not officially ranked as a spitz dog breed.
en Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette 1983 11 Hokkaidos or Ainus (smaller versions of the Akita); Akitas, Japanese Spitz, Japanese Chin, Nippon Terriers and Kai Ken.
Translations
dog breed
Polish: pl hokkaido n
Further reading
Hokkaido (dog)
en Dogs Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan Islands Japan Prefectures of Japan
Finnish
Etymology
From fi ja 北海道.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hokkaido island or province
Declension
Hokkaid o a sg
German
Pronunciation
de /hɔˈkaɪ̯do/ [hɔ-] [ho-] also /hɔkaˈiːdo/
Proper noun
toponym
de island/and/prefecture in northern c/Japan Hokkaido
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt
Proper noun
f
pt island/and/prefecture in northern c/Japan Hokkaido