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アイヌモシㇼ

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Ainu

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Etymology

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From アイヌ (human) +‎ モシㇼ (land). First attested in a 1591 Latin manuscript titled "De yezorum insula" as "Aino moxori" or "Aino mosir" as the name of Hokkaido, meaning "land of the Aino [Ainu]".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔájꜜnù mò̞ꜛɕír]

Noun

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アイヌモシㇼ (Latin spelling aynumosir)

  1. the land of humans; the earth
  2. the land of the Ainu people: Hokkaidō, southern Sakhalin, or the Kuril Islands, northern Honshu

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