an island prefecture on the northern part of Japan; its capital city is 札幌 (Sapporo)
köken: From 北海 (hokkai, “northern sea”) + 道 (-dō, “circuit”). Coined in 1869; see 北海道 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ʲᵃ Before that, the region was known as 蝦夷地 (Ezochi, literally “land of the northern barbarians”).
Hokkaido (an island and prefecture in northern Japan)
eş: Hokkaido
köken: Borrowed from Japanese 北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう) (Hokkaidō, literally “North Sea Circuit”), from Middle Chinese 北 (pok, “north”) + 海 (xoj^X, “sea”) + 道 (daw^X, “Circuit”, a province-like administrative unit from Tang dynasty China).
Hokkaido (an island and prefecture in northern Japan)
köken: Borrowed from Japanese 北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう) (Hokkaidō, literally “North Sea Circuit”), from Middle Chinese 北 (pok, “north”) + 海 (xoj^X, “sea”) + 道 (daw^X, “Circuit”, a province-like administrative unit from Tang dynasty China).
köken: Etymology tree Japanese 蝦夷 Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Esō̆nia From Japanese 蝦夷 + Latin -ia.