Hokkaido

See also: Hokkaidó and Hokkaidō

English

Satellite image of Hokkaido by Terra, May 2001

Alternative forms

• Hokkaidō

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɒˈkaɪdəʊ/, /həˈkaɪdəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɑˈkaɪdoʊ/, /həˈkaɪdoʊ/
• Rhymes: -aɪdəʊ

Proper noun

Hokkaido

1. The second largest island of Japan, capital Sapporo.
   • 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, […]

   • 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.

Coordinate terms

• Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku

Derived terms

• Hokkaido wolf

 

Translations

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
• Manchu: ᠣᠯᡥᠣᠨ
  ᡨᡠᠨ (olhon tun)
• 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)

Noun

Hokkaido (plural Hokkaidos)

1. 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.

Further reading

• Hokkaido on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hokkaido (dog) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 北海道.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhokːɑi̯do/, [ˈho̞kːɑ̝i̯do̞]
• Rhymes: -okːɑido
• Hyphenation^(key): Hok‧kai‧do

Proper noun

Hokkaido

1. Hokkaido (island or province)

Declension

Inflection of Hokkaido (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Hokkaido	—
genitive		Hokkaidon	—
partitive		Hokkaidoa	—
illative		Hokkaidoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Hokkaido	—
accusative	nom.	Hokkaido	—
	gen.	Hokkaidon
genitive		Hokkaidon	—
partitive		Hokkaidoa	—
inessive		Hokkaidossa	—
elative		Hokkaidosta	—
illative		Hokkaidoon	—
adessive		Hokkaidolla	—
ablative		Hokkaidolta	—
allative		Hokkaidolle	—
essive		Hokkaidona	—
translative		Hokkaidoksi	—
abessive		Hokkaidotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Hokkaido (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Hokkaidoni — accusative nom. Hokkaidoni — gen. Hokkaidoni genitive Hokkaidoni — partitive Hokkaidoani — inessive Hokkaidossani — elative Hokkaidostani — illative Hokkaidooni — adessive Hokkaidollani — ablative Hokkaidoltani — allative Hokkaidolleni — essive Hokkaidonani — translative Hokkaidokseni — abessive Hokkaidottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Hokkaidosi — accusative nom. Hokkaidosi — gen. Hokkaidosi genitive Hokkaidosi — partitive Hokkaidoasi — inessive Hokkaidossasi — elative Hokkaidostasi — illative Hokkaidoosi — adessive Hokkaidollasi — ablative Hokkaidoltasi — allative Hokkaidollesi — essive Hokkaidonasi — translative Hokkaidoksesi — abessive Hokkaidottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Hokkaidomme — accusative nom. Hokkaidomme — gen. Hokkaidomme genitive Hokkaidomme — partitive Hokkaidoamme — inessive Hokkaidossamme — elative Hokkaidostamme — illative Hokkaidoomme — adessive Hokkaidollamme — ablative Hokkaidoltamme — allative Hokkaidollemme — essive Hokkaidonamme — translative Hokkaidoksemme — abessive Hokkaidottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Hokkaidonne — accusative nom. Hokkaidonne — gen. Hokkaidonne genitive Hokkaidonne — partitive Hokkaidoanne — inessive Hokkaidossanne — elative Hokkaidostanne — illative Hokkaidoonne — adessive Hokkaidollanne — ablative Hokkaidoltanne — allative Hokkaidollenne — essive Hokkaidonanne — translative Hokkaidoksenne — abessive Hokkaidottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Hokkaidonsa — accusative nom. Hokkaidonsa — gen. Hokkaidonsa genitive Hokkaidonsa — partitive Hokkaidoaan Hokkaidoansa — inessive Hokkaidossaan Hokkaidossansa — elative Hokkaidostaan Hokkaidostansa — illative Hokkaidoonsa — adessive Hokkaidollaan Hokkaidollansa — ablative Hokkaidoltaan Hokkaidoltansa — allative Hokkaidolleen Hokkaidollensa — essive Hokkaidonaan Hokkaidonansa — translative Hokkaidokseen Hokkaidoksensa — abessive Hokkaidottaan Hokkaidottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Portuguese

Proper noun

Hokkaido f

1. Hokkaido (an island and prefecture in northern Japan)