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noun
An ancient ethnic group of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: Ebisu, Ezo
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Japanese 蝦夷 (Emishi, literally “shrimp barbarians”).
