Kyushu
/ˈkjuːʃuː/ name
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Proper Noun
- 1 The third-largest of Japan's islands and the southwesternmost of its four main islands.
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More examples"I hear he traveled by bicycle from Hokkaido to Kyushu."
Etymology
From Japanese 九(きゅう)州(しゅう) (Kyūshū, literally “Nine States”), from Middle Chinese 九 (kjúw, “nine”) + 州 (t͡ʃjuw, “province, prefecture”).