えぞち
蝦夷地
1. Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
2. Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of HokkaidoSee also 和人地
3. Ezois a Japanese name which historically referred to the lands to the north of Japan. It was used in various senses, sometimes meaning the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō, and sometimes meaning lands and waters further north in the Sea of Okhotsk, like Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. The word Ezo could also refer to the peoples that the Japanese encountered in these lands. The spelling Ezo reflects the pronunciation in Modern Standard Japanese.
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