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Hokkaido

hok·kaido

UK/hɒˈkaɪdəʊ/ US/həˈkaɪdəʊ/ uncommon

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the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; north of Honshu

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Borrowed from Japanese 北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう) (Hokkaidō, “North Sea Circuit”), from Middle Chinese 北海 (pək-hʌi˧˥, “Northern sea”) + 道 (dáu, “Circuit”, a province-like administrative unit from Tang dynasty China).

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