Satellite image of Hokkaido by Terra , May 2001
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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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Hokkaido
The second largest island of Japan , capital Sapporo .
2019 , Supana Onikage, translated by Quof, edited by K. “Kitty-tama” Jordan, Lazy Dungeon Master , volume 5, J-Novel Club , →ISBN :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.
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a northern largest island of Japan, or a prefecture based in itself
Afrikaans: Hokkaido
Ainu: アィヌ・モシㇼ ( aynu-mosir )
Arabic: هُوكَايْدُو f ( hukaydū ) , هُكَّايْدُو f ( hukkāydū )
Armenian: Հոկայդո ( Hokaydo )
Azerbaijani: Hokkaydo
Bashkir: Хокка́йдо ( Xokkáydo )
Belarusian: Хака́йда ( Xakájda )
Bulgarian: Хока́йдо ( Hokájdo )
Catalan: Hokkaidō
Chinese:
Cantonese: 北海道 ( Bak1 hoi2 dou6 )
Eastern Min: 北海道 ( Báe̤k-hāi-dô̤ )
Mandarin: 北海道 ( Běihǎidào )
Wu: 北海道
Czech: Hokkaidó (cs)
Danish: Hokkaido
Dutch: Hokkaido
Esperanto: Hokajdo
Farefare: Hokkaidoo
Finnish: Hokkaido (fi) , Hokkaidō
French: Hokkaido (fr) , Hokkaïdo (fr)
Galician: Hokkaido
Georgian: ჰოკაიდო ( hoḳaido )
German: Hokkaido (de) , Hokkaidō
Greek: Χοκκάιντο (el) ( Chokkáinto )
Hebrew: הוקאידו
Hindi: होक्काइडो ( hokkāiḍo )
Hungarian: Hokkaidó (hu)
Icelandic: Hokkaidō
Indonesian: Hokkaido
Italian: Hokkaido (it) , Hokkaidō
Japanese: 北海道 (ja) ( ほっかいどう, Hokkaidō )
Korean: 홋카이도 (ko) ( Hotkaido ) , 북해도(北海道) (ko) ( Bukhaedo )
Lao: ຮົກໄກໂດ ( hok kai dō )
Latin: Esonia f
Lithuanian: Hokaidas
Macedonian: Хокаи́до n ( Hokaído )
Malay: Hokkaido , Hokkaidō
Marathi: होक्काइदो m ( hokkāido )
Norwegian: Hokkaido
Norwegian Nynorsk: Hokkaido
Persian: هوکایدو
Polish: Hokkaido (pl)
Portuguese: Hokkaido (pt)
Romanian: Hokkaido
Russian: Хокка́йдо (ru) m ( Xokkájdo )
Samogitian: Huokaids
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Хокаидо , Хоккаидо
Roman: Hokaido , Hokkaido
Slovak: Hokkaidó
Slovene: Hokaido
Spanish: Hokkaido , Hokkaidō
Swedish: Hokkaido
Tagalog: Hokkaido , Hokkaidō
Tamil: ஹொக்கைடோ ( hokkaiṭō )
Thai: ฮกไกโด ( hók-gai-doo )
Tibetan: ཧོ་ཁའི་དོ ( ho kha'i do )
Turkish: Hokkaido
Ukrainian: Хокка́йдо (uk) m ( Xokkájdo )
Urdu: ہوکائیدو ( hokkāīdo )
Uyghur: خوككايدو ئارىلى ( xokkaydo arili )
Vietnamese: Hokkaido , Hokkaidō , Đảo Hokkaido , Đảo Hokkaidō
Yiddish: האָקײַדאָ ( hokaydo )
Hokkaido (plural Hokkaidos )
A breed of dog originating from Japan , resembling a spitz dog breed, although not officially ranked as a spitz dog breed.
1983 , Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette , page 11 :[ …] Hokkaidos or Ainus (smaller versions of the Akita); Akitas, Japanese Spitz, Japanese Chin, Nippon Terriers and Kai Ken.
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