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Kitakyushu

Kitakyushu proper noun: a large city in Fukuoka Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

Proper noun

Kitakyushu

  1. A large city in Fukuoka Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

Forms of Kitakyushu

alternative formKitakyūshū

Origin of Kitakyushu

Borrowed from Japanese 北九州 (Kitakyūshū).

Questions about Kitakyushu

What does Kitakyushu mean?
Kitakyushu means a large city in Fukuoka Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
What part of speech is Kitakyushu?
Kitakyushu is a proper noun.

Words near Kitakyushu in the dictionary

  1. Kitahiroshima
  2. Kitai
  3. kitaibelite
  4. Kitakata
  5. kitakitsune
  6. Kitakyushu
  7. Kitakyūshū
  8. Kitalpha
  9. kitambilla
  10. kitambillas
  11. Kitamura

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