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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland [syn: Honshu, Hondo]

Merriam Webster's

or Hondo geographical name island Japan; chief island of the group area 86,246 square miles (223,377 square kilometers), population 100,254,208

Britannica Concise

Island (pop.,
1990: 100,254,000), Japan. The largest of the four main islands of Japan, its coastline extends 6,266 mi (10,084 km); it has an area of 87,992 sq mi (227,898 sq km). It is regarded as the Japanese mainland, and much of the country's early history took place in its S region. The Pacific coast is the country's main economic center, lined with the metropolitan areas of Tokyo-Yokohama and Osaka-Kobe. Honshu contains Japan's largest mountain, Mt. Fuji, and its largest lake, Lake Biwa.