Words & dialect・Hokkaido

Dosankodosanko

Also known as: 道産子

An affectionate word for someone born and raised in Hokkaido. Its first dictionary sense, though, is "a horse bred in Hokkaido" (the native breed); the human meaning grew from the horse's name. Written 道産子, どさんこ or ドサンコ.

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