Kurume

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 久留米 (Kurume).

Proper noun

Kurume

1. a city in Fukuoka prefecture
   • 1914, An Official Guide to Eastern Asia: South-western Japan:

     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.

Japanese

Romanization

Kurume

1. Rōmaji transcription of くるめ