Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

honshu

/ˈhɑnʃu/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: hon-shu
IPA: /ˈhɑnʃu/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The main island of the archipelago of Japan.

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."
"In the past, the Ainu (their selfname meaning 'person'), traditionally huntergatherers, occupied not only Hokkaido but also a considerable part of the island of Honshu until the middle the eighteenth century, […]"

Etymology

From Japanese 本(ほん)州(しゅう) (Honshū, “main island”), from Middle Chinese 本 (pwón, “main”) + 州 (t͡ʃjuw, “province”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhɑnʃu/

Inflected Forms

Honshū (alternative)

Phrases

Honshu wolf

Frequently Paired Words

Hokkaido Kyushu Shikoku

Synonyms

Niphon

Questions

How do you pronounce honshu?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɑnʃu/.
What does honshu mean?: The main island of the archipelago of Japan.
Where does honshu come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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