yezo

Questions about yezo

What does yezo mean?

yezo means "the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu".

How many syllables are in yezo?

yezo has 2 syllables and divides as ye-zo under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for yezo?

Close synonyms include Hokkaido, Ezo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yezo a common word?

yezo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.