アイヌモシㇼ
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Ainu
Etymology
From アイヌ (“human”) + モシㇼ (“land”). First attested in a 1591 Latin manuscript titled "De yezorum insula" as "Aino moxori" or "Aino mosir" as the name of Hokkaido, meaning "land of the Aino [Ainu]".
Pronunciation
Noun
アイヌモシㇼ (Latin spelling aynumosir)
- the land of humans; the earth
- the land of the Ainu people: Hokkaidō, southern Sakhalin, or the Kuril Islands, northern Honshu