アコㇿモシㇼ

Ainu

Etymology

From アコㇿ (“our”) +‎ モシㇼ (“land”).

Noun

アコㇿモシㇼ (Latin spelling akormosir) (Hokkaido)

  1. the land of the Ainu people: Hokkaidō, southern Sakhalin, or the Kuril Islands, northern Honshu
  2. (by extension) Japan

Usage notes

Hokkaido Ainu use it to refer both their homeland of Hokkaido and Japan.

Synonyms

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