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HOKKAIDO

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 577 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HOKKAIDO , the See also:

JAPANESE

Japanese name for the See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

EMPIRE

empire (Hoku = See also:

north, kai=See also:

sea, and do= road), including See also:

YEZO

Yezo, the See also:

KURILES (Jap. Chishima, " thousand islands ")

Kuriles and their adjacent islets .

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