州

Meaning

州 centers on a defined territorial division: a state or province. The shape suggests a river with islands or sandbars, which historically marked boundaries.

• 州しゅう
  N3

  state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); county (e.g. of the UK); region (e.g. of Italy); canton; oblast

• 九州きゅうしゅう

  Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

• 欧州おうしゅう

  Europe

• 北九州きたきゅうしゅう

  Kitakyushu (city)

• 本州ほんしゅう

  Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu

• 満州まんしゅう

  Manchuria

• 信州しんしゅう

  Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)

• 州立しゅうりつ

  state-run (i.e. established and managed by a state in a federal system)

• 済州チェジュ

  Jeju (special self-governing province and island in South Korea)

• 中州なかす

  sandbank (in a river); sandbar

• 豪州ごうしゅう

  Australia

• 広州こうしゅう

  Guangzhou (China); Canton

• 州兵しゅうへい

  National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member

• 九州大学きゅうしゅうだいがく

  Kyushu University

• 九州電力きゅうしゅうでんりょく

  Kyushu Electric Power

• 州都しゅうと

  state capital; provincial capital; county town

• 泉州せんしゅう

  Quanzhou (China); Chinchew

• 大州たいしゅう

  continent

• 砂州さす

  sandbar; sandbank; shoal

• 州法しゅうほう

  state law (e.g. in the US); state statute

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