Kjúšú

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 九(きゅう)州(しゅう) (Kyūshū, literally “Nine States”), from Middle Chinese 九 (kɨu^X, “nine”) +‎ 州 (t͡ɕɨu, “province, prefecture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkjuːʃuː]
• Hyphenation: Kjú‧šú

Proper noun

Kjúšú n (indeclinable, related adjective kjúšúský)

1. Kyushu (the third largest island in Japan)

Further reading

• “Kjúšú”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)