Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ezo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: ezo
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former name for the Ainu.

name

A former name for Hokkaido and neighboring islands.

Example Sentences

"A fascination with Hokkaido's wild country first drew the veterinarian to Abashiri, and he is a leading expert on the Ezo red fox. Like much of Hokkaido's wildlife, this fox is not found on Honshu."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蝦夷 (Ezo).

Inflected Forms

Yeso (alternative, obsolete) Yesso (alternative, obsolete) Yezo (alternative, obsolete) Jezo (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

yessotoxin

Phrases

Ezo brown bear Yezo brown bear Ezo brown frog Ezo Fuji Yezo-Fuji Ezo red fox Ezo salamander Ezo spruce

Questions

What does ezo mean?: A former name for the Ainu.
Where does ezo come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 蝦夷 (Ezo).

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