えぞ

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See also: えそ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of えぞ – see the following entry.
蝦夷
(historical) those people living in the northeast of Japan, regardless of ethnicity, with customs and culture and government that differ from the central Japanese imperial state
(historical) an ancient ethnic group that once lived in what is now the 関東 (Kantō), 北陸 (Hokuriku) and 東北 (Tōhoku) regions, likely as far as Hokkaido; likely related to the Ainu people
(regional) short for 蝦夷松 (Ezo matsu): Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis)
(historical) short for 蝦夷地 (Ezochi): collective name for Hokkaido (mostly), the Kuril Islands, and Sakhalin before the Meiji period
(This term, えぞ (ezo), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as えぞ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as えぞ.)