See also: Honshū

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From Japanese (ほん)(しゅう) (Honshū, main island), from Middle Chinese (pwón, main) +‎ (t͡ʃjuw, province).

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Honshu

  1. The main island of the Japanese Archipelago.
    • 1980, National Geographic Society (U.S.), National geographic[1], →OCLC:
      A fascination with Hokkaido's wild country first drew the veterinarian to Abashiri, and he is a leading expert on the Ezo red fox. Like much of Hokkaido's wildlife, this fox is not found on Honshu.
    • 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, []

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Honshu f

  1. Honshu (the main island in Japan)