Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of Japan north of Honshu. The second largest of the Japanese islands, Hokkaido was inhabited by the Ainu people before being settled by Japan in the medieval period (c. 1600).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The northernmost of the main islands of Japan. Together with the islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku it forms the bulk of the land area of Japan.
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- proper noun The second largest
island ofJapan , capitalSapporo
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu
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Examples
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STV radio in Hokkaido broadcasts lessons of the Ainu language [ja] and there are movements for the spread of the Ainu language.
Global Voices in English » Japan: Eight endangered languages in the Japanese archipelago 2009
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He fled the country after telling the dictator he needed to purchase sea urchins in Hokkaido, Japan.
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Virginia, and sightseeing and swapping customs in Hokkaido, Japan.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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The scallops are farm raised in Hokkaido, a northern island in Japan.
Menu For Hope 6 2009
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(Video = Cycling in Hokkaido, Japan) These words are commonly-used words that you should know if you have studied English for more than a few years.www. manythings.org Listen and Repeat Podcast www. manythings.org American English Pronunciation Practice (Minimal Pairs) I took these video clips while riding my bicycle around Hokkaido, Japan during the summer of 2007.
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Nobu received her acceptance letter from the university in Hokkaido and has been even more lovey-dovey with Nakao than before.
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The second lightbulb moment came when I was speaking to a Japanese editor at my newspaper who had worked at a daily in Hokkaido for decades.
April 2006 2006
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The second lightbulb moment came when I was speaking to a Japanese editor at my newspaper who had worked at a daily in Hokkaido for decades.
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I went to a port city called Otaru in Hokkaido, north of Japan, and it reminded me so much of Monterey.
Sally Harpe 2005
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In Japan, Kyoto’s Kodaiji temple and Asahigawa Zoo in Hokkaido were among the first locations to sign up.
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