Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kurume

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: ku-rume
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

a city in Fukuoka prefecture

Example Sentences

"General Description of Tosu-Kagoshima Line. The S. section of the Kagoshima Main Line, that is the Tosu-Kagoshima section, passes first through Kurume and Omuta, then Kumamoto; from the town of Uto, it sends off the Misumi Branch Line, and between Matsushiro and Hitoyoshi it passes through the romantic valley of the Kuma-gawa; on leaving Hitoyoshi, the line crosses the high ridges of Yatake and Kunimi-yama and then makes a gradual descent until it reaches Kagoshima."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 久留米 (Kurume).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 久留米

Questions

What does kurume mean?: a city in Fukuoka prefecture
Where does kurume come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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