Ezo

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Ezo

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Borrowed from Japanese 蝦夷 (Ezo).

proper noun Yeso · Yesso · Yezo · Jezo

A former name for the Ainu.
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.

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@misc{ezo_2026,
  title = {Ezo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ezo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}