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kagoshima

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
kagoshi-ma
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture in southwestern Japan, on the south coast of the island of Kyushu.

name

The capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

name

Minor planet 4703 Kagoshima (1988 BL).

Etymology

From Japanese 鹿(か)児(ご)島(しま) (Kagoshima).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Kagoshiman

Questions

What does kagoshima mean?
A prefecture in southwestern Japan, on the south coast of the island of Kyushu.
Where does kagoshima come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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