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

Kanno started his collection in 2013, with a ball signed by Ohtani he got at a game he attended when the Dodgers superstar — then just 18 years old — was playing for his first professional team: the Japanese league’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

From Los Angeles Times

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

The show followed them as they raced other pairs across three continents from a starting point in Hokkaido, Japan.

From BBC

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