Definition of Kyushu

1. Noun. The southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields.

Group relationships: Japan, Japanese Archipelago, Japanese Islands
Terms within: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Minamata Bay
Generic synonyms: Island

Definition of Kyushu

1. Proper noun. The third largest of Japan's islands ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kyushu

Kyparissia
Kyphosidae
Kyphosus
Kyphosus sectatrix
Kyra
Kyrgyz
Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyz SSR
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstani
Kyrgyzstani monetary unit
Kyriakos
Kythira
Kyusakamoto
Kyushu (current term)
Kyustendil
Kyyiv
Kyzyl
Kármán line
Kármán vortex street
Kármán vortex streets
Kählerian
Kölsch
Königsberg
Kümmelweck
Künstlerroman
Künstlerromane
Künstlerromans
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Literary usage of Kyushu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Final Months of the War with Japan: Signals Intelligence, U. S. Invasion by Douglas J. MacEachim (1999)
"This brought the total on Kyushu to ten combat divisions and two depot divisions. ln addition, intercepted communications provided tenuous evidence that an ..."

2. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"OKINAWA AND THE Kyushu PLAN May-July, 1945 UN MAY 26x11 the Joint Chiefs of Staff ordered the invasion of Kyushu carried out on November ist. ..."

3. Around the World Through Japan by Walter Del Mar (1904)
"CHAPTER XVIII EAST Kyushu The Japanese Army. The Hot Baths of Beppu. ... in the province of Bungo, on the island of Kyushu, the most southern and western of ..."

4. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"II WITH Kyushu STUDENTS THE students of the Government College, or Higher Middle School, can scarcely be called boys; their ages ranging from the average of ..."

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