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Hakodate

Hakodate proper noun: a port city in Oshima subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

Proper noun

Hakodate

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

Origin of Hakodate

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".

Questions about Hakodate

What does Hakodate mean?
Hakodate means a port city in Oshima subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
What part of speech is Hakodate?
Hakodate is a proper noun.

Words near Hakodate in the dictionary

  1. Hakluytian
  2. hako
  3. Hakob
  4. Hakobyan
  5. Hakobyans
  6. Hakodate
  7. Hakomi
  8. hakos
  9. Haks
  10. haku
  11. haku lei

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