Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yezo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yezo
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Dated spelling of Ezo.

Etymology

From Japanese 蝦夷 (Ezo). The initial y- (also found in Yedo, Yemishi, etc.) resulted from the merging between え (e) and 𛀁 (ye) into the latter in the 10th century CE.

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Questions

What does yezo mean?
Dated spelling of Ezo.
Where does yezo come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce yezo

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