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Kurume

American  
[koo-roo-mey, koo-roo-me] / kʊˈru meɪ, ˈku ru mɛ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Kyushu, Japan.


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The national weather agency logged 402.5mm falling in Kurume on Monday, the highest ever recorded in the city.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2023

In the southern city of Kurume, rivers overflowed and residents evacuated from their homes on rubber boats as rescue workers pulled them while wading through muddy water.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2021

Lead researcher and butterfly lover Jun-Ya Ide from the Kurume Institute of Technology in Fukuoka, had noticed that female small copper butterflies often closed their wings when other copper butterflies flew very close to them.

From BBC • May 29, 2011

General George C. Kenney sent B-24s to burn Kurume, on Kyushu Island; later waves turned aside to secondary targets near by.

From Time Magazine Archive