Kitakyushu

[ kee-tah-kyoo-shoo; English ki-tah-kee-oo-shoo ]

noun

1. a seaport on N Kyushu, in S Japan: formed in 1963 by the merger of five cities Kokura, Moji, Tobata, Wakamatsu, and Yawata.

Kitakyushu

/ ˌkiːtəˈkjuːʃuː /

noun

1. a port in Japan, on N Kyushu: formed by the amalgamation of the cities of Wakamatsu, Yawata, Tobata, Kokura, and Moji; one of Japan's largest industrial centres. Pop: 999 806 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

Akebono had been battling illness since collapsing in the city of Kitakyushu seven years ago, according to local media.

From BBC

A group of scientists from the University of Kitakyushu in Japan has come up with an unusual solution to a messy problem.

From NewsForKids.net

Little artists can also draw inspiration from the museum shop’s temporary installation and sale of fanciful works by Kite House Magoji, a family business in Kitakyushu, Japan.

From New York Times

Siswanti Zuraida, a civil engineer at the University of Kitakyushu, began the project while lecturing at the Bandung Science Technology Institute near Jakarta.

From Scientific American

Point Defiance’s Japanese Garden is home to cherry blossoms gifted to Tacoma in 1959 by the consul general of Japan, the Honorable Kiyokazu Ota, and Tacoma’s sister city Kitakyushu, Japan, according to Metro Parks Tacoma.

From Seattle Times