Etymology

Kitakyushu

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Today it means: A large city in Fukuoka Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 北九州
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from北九州
  2. English todayKitakyushu

Borrowed from Japanese 北九州 (Kitakyūshū).

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