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Definition of Hokkaido

1. Noun. The second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu.

Definition of Hokkaido

1. Proper noun. The second largest island of Japan, capital Sapporo ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hokkaido

Literary usage of Hokkaido

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Japan, the New World-power: Being a Detailed Account of the Progress and by Robert Percival Porter (1915)
"... CHAPTER XLIII Hokkaido FOR a variety of reasons the island of Hokkaido Distinct should be considered in a separate chapter. ..."

2. The Japanese Empire and Its Economic Conditions by Joseph Dautremer (1910)
"XI Hokkaido (isle of Yezo), in the extreme north, and remote from all communications with the Japan of the past, was for a long time neglected; ..."

3. The Far East (1906)
"In later times the Japanese gave the island the name Hokkaido, ... The island of Hokkaido lies between longitudes 139''45i and 145°99' E. and latitudes ..."

4. The Far East Revisited: Essays on Political, Commercial, Social, and General by A. Gorton Angier (1908)
"Hokkaido is still perhaps more generally known under its former name of Yezo. It is the large island to the north of Japan proper, and it possesses a ..."

5. Baptist Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1903)
"Officials of the Hokkaido government, I am reliably told, expect that in a few ... It has one of the few fair- rly good harbors of the Hokkaido and is now ..."

6. Handbook of Information by Nihon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha (1904)
"Hokkaido Coast=wise Line. ¥ N addition to the services mentioned above, which connect the main Island with Hokkaido, the Company maintains five lines on the ..."

7. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"From Tokyo via Utsunomiya, Fukushima, Yamagata, and Akita to Aomori (Hokkaido). North-Eastern, and (hi Lines, Imperial Government Railways. ..."

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