English Explanatory Dictionary

Emishi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient ethnic group of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan.

Word forms

Emishi Yemishi

Etymology

From Japanese 蝦夷 (Emishi, literally “shrimp barbarians”).

Synonyms

Ebisu Ezo

Related words

Ainu Yamato
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