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Kitakyushu

American  
[kee-tah-kyoo-shoo, ki-tah-kee-oo-shoo] / kiˈtɑˈkju ʃʊ, kɪˌtɑ kiˈu ʃu /

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 British  
/ 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)

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Wales suffered in the final quarter in the Kitakyushu conditions with Taulupe Faletau suffering heat-related cramps that ruled him out of the Kobe contest and players trying to stay cool by wearing ice hats.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2025

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 Aug. 10, 2023

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 May 22, 2023

The facility, Ichoan Nursing Home, is in Kitakyushu, a city of 940,000 in Fukuoka Prefecture that is aging and shrinking like the rest of Japan.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2022

None of the six women who represented the United States at the Olympics are in Kitakyushu.

From Seattle Times Oct. 21, 2021

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