Hokkaido
English
Satellite image of Hokkaido (sense 1) by Terra, May 2001
(sense 2)
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Japanese 北海道 (Hokkaidō ほっかいどう, “North Sea Circuit”), from Middle Chinese 北海 (pok-hój, “Northern sea”) + 道 (dáu, “Circuit”, a province-like administrative unit from Tang dynasty China).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɒˈkaɪdəʊ/, /həˈkaɪdəʊ/
- Rhymes: -aɪdəʊ
Proper noun
Hokkaido
- The second largest island of Japan, capital Sapporo.
- A breed of dog originating from Japan, resembling a spitz dog breed, altough not officially ranked as a spitz dog breed.
Translations
a northern largest island of Japan, or a prefecture based in itself
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhokːɑi̯do/, [ˈho̞kːɑi̯do̞]
- Rhymes: -okːɑido
- Syllabification(key): Hok‧kai‧do
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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Hokkaidotta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Hokkaido (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Hokkaidoni | Hokkaidomme |
| 2nd person | Hokkaidosi | Hokkaidonne |
| 3rd person | Hokkaidonsa | |
Portuguese
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