Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The southernmost of the major islands of Japan, in the southwest on the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

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  • proper noun The third largest of Japan's islands

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  • noun the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields

Etymologies

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From 九州 (きゅうしゅう, Kyūshū, "Nine States").

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Examples

  • The murky, fat-slicked pork broth from Kyushu is also known as tonkotsu (pork bone) soup.

    You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » Ramen 101 w/ Professor Salt 2005

  • That friend being of the same mind with me, we used to talk over every joy and sorrow of the world, but she went down to the Province of Chikuzen in Kyushu [extreme southwest of old Japan].

    Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan b. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu 1920

  • I'm easy to spot: white, tall, bald, the only jaywalker in Kyushu), struggling to get a better grip on the slippery eel that is this language.

    Music (For Robots): June 2006 Archives 2006

  • I'm easy to spot: white, tall, bald, the only jaywalker in Kyushu), struggling to get a better grip on the slippery eel that is this language.

    Lost in Translation (Music (For Robots)) 2006

  • On August 5, 325 Army planes attacked Tarumizu in southern Kyushu, which intelligence had fingered as a source of rocket-powered “Baka bombs,” fast suicide planes.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • On August 5, 325 Army planes attacked Tarumizu in southern Kyushu, which intelligence had fingered as a source of rocket-powered “Baka bombs,” fast suicide planes.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • Not surprisingly, ONI in Washington still had them in home waters–Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu were definitely in southern Kyushu, Zuikaku in Kure or Saebo, Shokaku perhaps in Formosa.

    Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009

  • I'm now in Kyushu, which is another part of Japan to the place I was in before, but sadly I have no internet access at home yet.

    Downwardly mobile Ms Robinson 2007

  • ABOUT THIS CANDY: This is a container of candies that accurately capture the delicious taste of yummy Shiokuma ( "polar bear") ice cream, a specialty of Kyushu, which is essentially vanilla ice cream with various exotic fruits on top.

    Recently updated products at JBOX.com 2010

  • So i ` m now in Kumamoto, in Kyushu which is far West Japan and well of the tourist track.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

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