九州

九州

1. (historical) the Nine Provinces of ancient China; China

   昔後漢荒君，信惑邪偽，妄假睡夢，事胡妖鬼，以亂天常，自古九州之中無此也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
   昔后汉荒君，信惑邪伪，妄假睡梦，事胡妖鬼，以乱天常，自古九州之中无此也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

   From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE

   Xī hòu hàn huāngjūn, xìnhuò xiéwěi, wàngjiǎ shuìmèng, shì hú yāoguǐ, yǐ luàn tiāncháng, zìgǔ jiǔzhōu zhīzhōng wúcǐ yě. [Pinyin]

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2. Kyushu (the third largest island of Japan)

• (China):

• (Tokyo) きゅ​うしゅう [kyúꜜùshùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːɕɨᵝː]

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九(きゅう)州(しゅう) • (Kyūshū) ^{←きうしう (kiusiu)?}

1. Kyushu, the third largest island of Japan. The southernmost before Okinawa, it is (usually) composed of the seven prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima.

• Reference works often include Okinawa, but this is not a very common treatment in real life. (See 九州#九州・沖縄地方 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja)

• Russian: Кюсю́ m (Kjusjú)