[hawk-kahy-daw; Eng. ho-kahy-doh] 
| a large island in N Japan. 5,660,000; 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km). |
| Hok·kai·do (hŏ-kī'dō, hô'kī-dō') An island of Japan north of Honshu. It is the second largest of the Japanese islands but the least populated. Hokkaido became part of Japan in the medieval period (c. 1600) and was called Yezo or Ezo until 1868. |
kaɪˈdɔ