‖n. [ Skr. çankha a shell. ] A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989), Syn. Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov, Andrei Sakharov
[えぞ;えみし(ok), ezo ; emishi (ok)] (n) (1) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) (えぞ only) (See 蝦夷地) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)#11941
[からふとちしまこうかんじょうやく;からふと・ちしまこうかんじょうやく(樺太・千島交換条約), karafutochishimakoukanjouyaku ; karafuto . chishimakoukanjouyaku ( karafuto . sen s] (n) Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands