Fukushima

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
  2. 2
    A prefecture of Japan.

    "Fukushima prefecture, located just south of Miyagi, was also part of the ancestral lands of the Emishi."

  3. 3
    The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
  4. 4
    A surname from Japanese.

Example

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"Tadami is in Minamiaizu in Fukushima; cut off by steep mountains and located on the prefecture border with Niigata."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 福島(ふくしま) (Fukushima).

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