Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northwest Kyushu, Japan, on an inlet of the Sea of Japan. It is an industrial and educational center.
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- proper noun The capital city of Fukuoka
prefecture ,Japan .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in southern Japan on Kyushu
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Examples
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When the two merged in 1889, the label Fukuoka was applied to both towns, but subsequent development has mainly been in Hakata and many residents still refer to the town that way.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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I was in Fukuoka when the entire ending of the book fell into place.
A message from Lian Hearn the writing of Across the Nightingale Floor 2010
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Equal parts farmer and philosopher, Fukuoka is recognized as a pioneer of the natural farming and Permaculture movements.
A Different Stripe: 2009
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Equal parts farmer and philosopher, Fukuoka is recognized as a pioneer of the natural farming and Permaculture movements.
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In Japan, I spent one day in Fukuoka, before returning to Korea.
Archive 2006-03-01 JDsg 2006
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In Japan, I spent one day in Fukuoka, before returning to Korea.
State Meme JDsg 2006
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Pat Matsueda was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan, the daughter of a Japanese woman and a Japanese American soldier.
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Pat Matsueda was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan, the daughter of a Japanese woman and a Japanese American soldier.
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She was warmly welcomed and met me in Fukuoka the next day after flying up from Australia.
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The same thing happened two years ago at the worlds in Fukuoka, Japan, when the Spanish anthem didn't play after a gold in water polo.
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