Kumamoto

Proper noun

Meaning

A surname from Japanese.

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

The capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

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Examples

About 8,000 homes in Kumamoto and neighbouring Kagoshima were without electricity, according to the Kyushu Electric Power Company. Source: Internet

Another person was found in the same condition after being pulled from a landslide in Tsunagi, also in Kumamoto. Source: Internet

As of Wednesday morning, the death toll from the heavy rains starting over the weekend had risen to 58, most of them from the hardest-hit Kumamoto prefecture. Source: Internet

As of Wednesday morning, the death toll from the heavy rains which started over the weekend had risen to 58, most of them from hardest-hit Kumamoto prefecture. Source: Internet

After staying with my friend's very traditional rice-growing family in rural Kumamoto, I became obsessed with recreating his mother's dishes as close as I could. Source: Internet

In Ashikita, six people were unaccounted for and a seventh was seriously injured, Kumamoto officials said. Source: Internet

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