Hokkaido

[ hawk-kahy-daw; English ho-kahy-doh ]

noun

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

Hokkaido

/ 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)

Example Sentences

In the lobby of Oshu City Hall is an iron replica of Ohtani’s hand, cast while he was playing for the Japanese league’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, his team before the Angels.

From Los Angeles Times

So in the new study, Ryo Taniguchi, a paleontologist at Hokkaido University, and colleagues took a different approach: looking for the organs that detect these pheromones.

From Science Magazine

Although less power is generated in calmer conditions, the electricity generated could be stored in batteries -- as planned for the Ishikari project off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan.

From Science Daily

The research was conducted in collaboration with researchers from Hokkaido University and the Ishikawa Prefectural University.

From Science Daily

The development, achieved by researchers at Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, and Nagoya Institute of Technology, is reported in the journal ACS Materials Letters.

From Science Daily