Ainu

American  

[ahy-noo] / ˈaɪ nu /

noun

plural

Ainus,

plural

Ainu

1. a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan.

2. the language of the Ainu.

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Ainu British  

/ ˈaɪnuː /

noun

1. a member of the aboriginal people of Japan, now mostly intermixed with Mongoloid immigrants whose skin colour is more yellowish

2. the language of this people, sometimes tentatively associated with Altaic, still spoken in parts of Hokkaido and elsewhere

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Etymology

Origin of Ainu

Ainu: man

Example Sentences

The Ainu were starting to lose their traditions and values.

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Mr Sydenham said Dr Munro's fourth and final wife was a Japanese national who helped him in his understanding of the Ainu culture.

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In 2001, Japanese senator Kayano Shigeru – the first of Ainu origin to be elected – visited the Munro clan in Scotland and issued a posthumous thanks for Dr Munro's support of the Ainu people.

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Masaru Okawa, executive director of the Hokkaido Ainu Association, said the Edinburgh skulls should be returned to Japan for "respectful memorialisation".

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The remains will be buried at a memorial site in the Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park in Shiraoi.

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