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Ainu

Ai·nu [  n ] (plural Ai·nu or Ai·nus)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of Japanese people: a member of a Japanese people who now live in the north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and on the Kurile Islands and the island of Sakhalin

2. language of N Japan: a language spoken by the Ainu on Hokkaido that is considered to be unrelated to any other language

[Early 19th century. < Ainu, "person"]

Ai·nu adjective
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