Ezo

See also: ezo

English

Alternative forms

• Yeso, Yesso, Yezo, Jezo (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蝦夷 (Ezo).

Proper noun

Ezo

1. A former name for the Ainu.
2. A former name for Hokkaido and neighboring islands.
   • 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.

Derived terms

• Ezo brown bear, Yezo brown bear
• Ezo brown frog
• Ezo Fuji, Yezo-Fuji
• Ezo red fox
• Ezo salamander
• Ezo spruce, Yezo spruce, Jezo spruce
• Ezo wolf
• Republic of Ezo
• Yesso scallop
• yessotoxin
• Yezo sika deer

 

Anagrams

• Zoe, Zoë, zoe

Japanese

Romanization

Ezo

1. Rōmaji transcription of えぞ