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Kurume

Kurume proper noun: a city in Fukuoka prefecture.

Proper noun

Kurume

  1. a city in Fukuoka prefecture
    • General Description of Tosu-Kagoshima Line. The S. section of the Kagoshima Main Line, that is the Tosu-Kagoshima section, passes first through Kurume and Omuta, then Kumamoto; from the town of Uto, it sends off the Misumi Branch Line, and between Matsushiro and Hitoyoshi it passes through the...1914, An Official Guide to Eastern Asia: South-western Japan

Origin of Kurume

Borrowed from Japanese 久留米 (Kurume).

Questions about Kurume

What does Kurume mean?
Kurume means a city in Fukuoka prefecture.
What part of speech is Kurume?
Kurume is a proper noun.

Words near Kurume in the dictionary

  1. kurumayas
  2. Kurumba
  3. Kurumbar
  4. Kurumbars
  5. Kurumbas
  6. Kurume
  7. kurumsakite
  8. kurumthotti
  9. Kurunegala
  10. Kurung Kumey
  11. Kurunjang

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