English Explanatory Dictionary

Hakodate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A port city in Oshima subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

Word forms

Hakodate

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 函館 (はこだて, Hakodate), in turn possibly borrowed from Ainu ハㇰ チャシ (hak casi), meaning "shallow fort".

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