Ainuland

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proper noun

The land of the Ainu people, historically defined as northern Honshu, Hokkaido, and southern part of Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and the southernmost tip of Kamchatka.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun
  1. The land of the Ainu people, historically defined as northern Honshu, Hokkaido, and southern part of Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and the southernmost tip of Kamchatka.

Origin

  1. Ainuアィヌモシㇼ
  2. EnglishAinuland

From Ainu + -land. Also a calque of Ainu アィヌモシㇼ.

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APA

Ainuland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ainuland

MLA

“Ainuland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ainuland. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ainuland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ainuland.

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