Oita
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A total of 278 people were killed in 2016 by powerful quakes in Kumamoto and neighbouring Oita prefectures, according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
In the late 1990s, scientists working in the Ajimu area of Oita prefecture, Japan, uncovered three fossilized vertebrae from a giant salamander in the Cryptobranchidae family.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Hiroyuki Takano, the secretary general of the Social Democratic Party in Oita, Murayama's hometown, told AFP he had been informed that the former premier died of old age.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Thursday that six in Ehime prefecture, one in neighboring Kochi and two others in Oita on Kyushu island suffered minor injuries, mostly from falling at home.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Then Herakles bade them bear him to the high crest of Oita and gather wood.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
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