Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of western Kyushu, Japan, east of Nagasaki. It was an important castle town during the feudal period.
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- proper noun A city on the island of
Kyushu inJapan - proper noun A prefecture in southwestern
Japan
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Examples
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A Roman Catholic hospital in Kumamoto, a provincial city in southern Japan, in December sought official approval of the system modelled on the “Babyklappe” in use in Germany.
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The baby hatch at the Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto would be called “the cradle of storks” and set up in the lobby like a post box, according to hospital officials.
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It was in Saigo's hand and it invited him to come to a town called Kumamoto in Kyushu for a visit during the next few weeks.
The Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1980
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Kumamoto, which is a famous city with a strong garrison; and I went there to make his tomb beautiful.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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She had come to California from Kumamoto prefecture with her first husband.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Faces of America: The Yamaguchi Story -- How an Immigrant Farmer Paved the Way for Success Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2010
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She had come to California from Kumamoto prefecture with her first husband.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Faces of America: The Yamaguchi Story -- How an Immigrant Farmer Paved the Way for Success Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2010
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A few weeks later, hundreds of miles south in Kumamoto prefecture, I tried making soba.
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This is followed by the Kumamoto oyster (Crassostrea sikamea) in Japan, a tiny thimble-shaped oyster grown in the Pacific Northwest.
Oysters Come Back in Vogue Will Lyons 2010
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She had come to California from Kumamoto prefecture with her first husband.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Faces of America: The Yamaguchi Story -- How an Immigrant Farmer Paved the Way for Success Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2010
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She had come to California from Kumamoto prefecture with her first husband.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Faces of America: The Yamaguchi Story -- How an Immigrant Farmer Paved the Way for Success Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2010
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