Fukushima

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proper noun

The capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

UncommonScrabble 21

Meanings

proper nounFukushima (plural Fukushimas)

plural Fukushimas

  1. The capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

    Lethal levels of radiation have been detected at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, seven years after it was destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami.

    2017 February 2, Jeff Farrell, “Fukushima nuclear disaster: Lethal levels of radiation detected in leak seven years after plant meltdown in Japan”, in The Independent, London, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2019
  2. A prefecture of Japan.

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

    2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 151
  3. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
  4. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, or less commonly, the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant.
  5. A surname from Japanese.

Origin

Translations

Arabic فُوكُوشِيمَا
  • فُوكُوشِيمَا (fukušīmā)Fukushima, Japan
Chinese Cantonese 福島 /福岛
  • 福島 /福岛 (fuk¹ dou²)Fukushima, Japan
Chinese Mandarin 福島 /福岛
  • 福島 /福岛 (Fúdǎo)Fukushima, Japan
Czech Fukušima
  • FukušimaFukushima, Japan
Dutch Fukushima
  • FukushimaFukushima, Japan
Hindi फ़ुकुशिमा
  • फ़ुकुशिमा (fukuśimā)Fukushima, Japan
Japanese 福島
  • 福島 (Fukushima)Fukushima, Japan
Korean 후쿠시마
  • 후쿠시마 (Hukusima)Fukushima, Japan
Lithuanian Fukušima
  • FukušimaFukushima, Japan
Polish Fukushima
  • FukushimaFukushima, Japan
Portuguese Fukushima
  • FukushimaFukushima, Japan
Russian Фукуси́ма
  • Фукуси́ма (Fukusíma)Fukushima, Japan
Swedish Fukushima
  • FukushimaFukushima, Japan
Thai ฟูกูชิมะ
  • ฟูกูชิมะ (fuu-guu-chí-má)Fukushima, Japan
Turkish Fukuşima
  • FukuşimaFukushima, Japan
Ukrainian Фукусі́ма
  • Фукусі́ма (Fukusíma)Fukushima, Japan
Cite this entry
APA

Fukushima. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fukushima

MLA

“Fukushima.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fukushima. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fukushima,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fukushima.

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