Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kitakyushu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: ki-takyushu
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A large city in Fukuoka Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 北九州 (Kitakyūshū).

Inflected Forms

Kitakyūshū (alternative)

Questions

What does kitakyushu mean?: A large city in Fukuoka Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
Where does kitakyushu come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 北九州 (Kitakyūshū).

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