English
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
Proper noun
Hokkaido
The second largest island of Japan , capital Sapporo .
Coordinate terms
Translations
a northern largest island of Japan, or a prefecture based in itself
Afrikaans: Hokkaido
Ainu: アィヌ・モシㇼ ( aynu-mosir )
Arabic: هُوكَايْدُو m ( hukaydū )
Hijazi Arabic: هُكَّايْدو f ( hukkāydu )
Armenian: Հոկայդո ( Hokaydo )
Azerbaijani: Hokkaydo
Bashkir: Хокка́йдо ( Xokkáydo )
Belarusian: Хака́йда ( Xakájda )
Bulgarian: Хока́йдо ( Hokájdo )
Catalan: Hokkaidō
Chinese:
Cantonese: 北海道 ( bak1 hoi2 dou6 )
Mandarin: 北海道 (zh) ( Běihǎidào )
Min Dong: 北海道 ( Báe̤k-hāi-dô̤ )
Wu: 北海道
Czech: Hokkaidó (cs)
Danish: Hokkaido
Dutch: Hokkaido
Esperanto: Hokajdo
Farefare: Hokkaidoo
Finnish: Hokkaido (fi) , Hokkaidō
French: Hokkaido (fr) , Hokkaïdo (fr)
Galician: Hokkaido
Georgian: ჰოკაიდო ( hoḳaido )
German: Hokkaido (de) , Hokkaidō
Greek: Χοκκάιντο (el) ( Chokkáinto )
Hebrew: הוקאידו
Hindi: होक्काइडो ( hokkāiḍo )
Hungarian: Hokkaidó
Icelandic: Hokkaidō
Indonesian: Hokkaido
Italian: Hokkaido (it) , Hokkaidō
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Japanese: 北海道 (ja) ( ほっかいどう, Hokkaidō )
Korean: 홋카이도 (ko) ( Hotkaido ) , 북해도(北海道) (ko) ( Bukhaedo )
Lao: ຮົກໄກໂດ ( hok kai dō )
Lithuanian: Hokaidas
Macedonian: Хокаи́до n ( Hokaído )
Malay: Hokkaido , Hokkaidō
Marathi: होक्काइदो m ( hokkāido )
Norwegian: Hokkaido
Norwegian Nynorsk: Hokkaido
Persian: هوکایدو
Polish: Hokkaido (pl)
Portuguese: Hokkaido (pt)
Romanian: Hokkaido
Russian: Хокка́йдо (ru) m ( Xokkájdo )
Samogitian: Huokaids
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Хокаидо , Хоккаидо
Roman: Hokaido , Hokkaido
Slovak: Hokkaidó
Slovene: Hokaido
Spanish: Hokkaido , Hokkaidō
Swedish: Hokkaido
Tagalog: Hokkaido , Hokkaidō
Tamil: ஹொக்கைடோ ( hokkaiṭō )
Thai: จังหวัดฮกไกโด ( jangwàt hókgaidoh )
Tibetan: ཧོ་ཁའི་དོ ( ho kha'i do )
Turkish: Hokkaido
Ukrainian: Хокка́йдо (uk) m ( Xokkájdo )
Urdu: ہوکائیدو ( hokkāīdo )
Uyghur: خوككايدو ئارىلى ( xokkaydo arili )
Vietnamese: Hokkaido , Hokkaidō , Đảo Hokkaido , Đảo Hokkaidō
Yiddish: האָקײַדאָ ( hokaydo )
Finnish
Proper noun
Hokkaido
Hokkaido ( island or province )
Declension
Portuguese
Proper noun
Hokkaido f
Hokkaido (an island and prefecture in northern Japan )