とうほく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とうほく – see the following entry.
東北
[noun] northeast
[proper noun] Tōhoku (a traditional region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Yamagata and Akita)
(This term, とうほく (tōhoku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)