Hokkaido

American  

[hawk-kahy-daw, ho-kahy-doh] / ˈhɔk kaɪˈdɔ, hɒˈkaɪ doʊ /

noun

1. a large island in northern Japan. 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km).

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Hokkaido British  

/ hɒˈkaɪdəʊ /

noun

1. 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)

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Example Sentences

Watchful for a Soviet attack from the north, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, as the country’s military is known, were for years concentrated in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s four large islands.

From The Wall Street Journal

I especially enjoyed the sweet shrimp and Hokkaido uni served over cold somen noodles.

From Salon

Last month, Melbourne man Michael 'Micky' Hurst, 27, died after he became separated from his group of skiers between two ski resorts in the Hokkaido region.

From BBC

The competition taking place this weekend is held every year in Sobetsu, a town on the main northern island of Hokkaido, where this game -- essentially a snowball fight -- became a sport 37 years ago.

From Barron's

Steve grew up on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, where his parents were missionaries.

From The Wall Street Journal