Kagoshima

[ kah-gaw-shee-mah ]

noun

1. a seaport on S Kyushu, in SW Japan.

Kagoshima

/ ˌkæɡɒˈʃiːmə /

noun

1. a port in SW Japan, on S Kyushu. Pop: 544 840 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

By counting how many muons arrived at a detector on the ground in Kagoshima, Japan as cyclones moved past, Tanaka and colleagues produced rough 3-D maps of the density of air inside the storms.

From Science News

They had worked in the cities of Amami and Kirishima in Kagoshima prefecture, where the relay passed through on April 27.

From Time

His seat of government was Kagoshima, but there was scarcely any establishment worth calling a castle.

From Project Gutenberg

When the English squadron bombarded Kagoshima, the English ships fared rather badly.

From Project Gutenberg

Kagoshima, the capital of Satsuma, had been bombarded by the English fleet a few years before.

From Project Gutenberg

The young men of the island of Kyushu, especially of Kumamoto and Kagoshima provinces, are noted for their ambitious projects.

From Project Gutenberg

This year a serious rebellion broke out at Kagoshima, and was not quelled without great loss of life and a heavy expenditure.

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