English Explanatory Dictionary

Yezo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Dated spelling of Ezo.

Word forms

Yezo

Etymology

From Japanese 蝦夷 (Ezo). The initial y- (also found in Yedo, Yemishi, etc.) resulted from the merging between え (e) and 𛀁 (ye) into the latter in the 10th century CE.

Related words

Yezo spruce
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