Kitakyushu

Ki·ta·kyu·shu  (k-täky-sh)

A city of northern Kyushu, Japan, on the channel connecting the Inland Sea with the Korea Strait. It is one of Japan's most important manufacturing centers. Population: 991,000.

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Kitakyushu [ˌkiːtəˈkjuːʃuː]

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(Placename) a port in Japan, on N Kyushu: formed in 1963 by the amalgamation of the cities of Wakamatsu, Yahata, Tobata, Kokura, and Moji; one of Japan's largest industrial centres. Pop.: 1 019 562 (1995)

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Kitakyushu - a Japanese city on northern Kyushu Kyushu - the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building