The story
From Japanese 九(きゅう)州(しゅう) (Kyūshū, literally “Nine States”), from Middle Chinese 九 (kjúw, “nine”) + 州 (t͡ʃjuw, “province, prefecture”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyushu
Today it means: The third-largest of Japan's islands and the southwesternmost of its four main islands. Full definition →