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Hokkaido [hawk-kahy-daw; English ho-kahy-doh] Examples noun
- a large island in N Japan. 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km).
Formerly Yezo. Examples from the Web for hokkaido Contemporary Examples of hokkaido
We flew into Tokyo, and then on to Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido.
Olympians Dish on Their Favorite Spots to Ski & Snowboard
The Daily Beast
October 26, 2013
Last night, on March 16, I learned that the Japanese Self Defense Force from Hokkaido had just left for the Tohoku area.
The Japanese Government’s Appalling Earthquake Response
The Daily Beast
March 17, 2011
Historical Examples of hokkaido
I have not yet worked off my Hokkaido debt of letters and presents.
Marie Carmichael Stopes
First, that I went to Hokkaido entirely on my own account and for my own satisfaction.
A. H. Savage Landor
Descending the hill on the other side, I reached the future capital of Hokkaido.
A. H. Savage Landor
It is a “dear old spot,” the most picturesque of all the towns in Hokkaido.
A. H. Savage Landor
As many as 7,000 people go from Miyagi to Hokkaido in a year.
J.W. Robertson Scott
British Dictionary definitions for hokkaido Hokkaido noun
- the second largest and northernmost of the four main islands of Japan, separated from Honshu by the Tsugaru Strait and from the island of Sakhalin, Russia, by La Pérouse Strait: constitutes an autonomous administrative division. Capital: Sapporo. Pop: 5 670 000 (2002 est). Area: 78 508 sq km (30 312 sq miles)