Ezo

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proper noun

A former name for the Ainu.

OriginJapanese 蝦夷 →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative obsolete Yeso · alternative obsolete Yesso · alternative obsolete Yezo · alternative obsolete Jezo

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

    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.

    1980, National Geographic Society (U.S.), National geographic, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
emishi

Origin

  1. Japanese蝦夷
  2. EnglishEzo

Borrowed from Japanese 蝦夷 (Ezo).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

zoe
Cite this entry
APA

Ezo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ezo

MLA

“Ezo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ezo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ezo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ezo.

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