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fukushima

/fukuʃˈimə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
fukushi-ma
IPA
/fukuʃˈimə/
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

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A prefecture of Japan.

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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.

name

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, or less commonly, the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant.

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A surname from Japanese.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 福島(ふくしま) (Fukushima).

Inflected Forms

Fukushimas (plural)

Rhymes With

prima hiroshima schema fema edema ema jemima emphysema pima sima cima sema

Questions

How do you pronounce fukushima?
The recorded pronunciation is /fukuʃˈimə/.
What does fukushima mean?
The capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Where does fukushima come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 福島(ふくしま) (Fukushima).

How to pronounce fukushima

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