蝦夷

えみし

Also written えぞ, エミシ

Meanings

1. Noun Emishi; Ezo (i.e.: non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan)
2. Yezo (i.e.: Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) See also: 蝦夷地 (えぞち).

Kanji

• 蝦 shrimp; prawn; lobster
• 夷 barbarian; savage; Ainu. Read as えみし.

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