Definition of Kitakyushu

1. Noun. A Japanese city on northern Kyushu.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Kyushu, Japan, Nihon, Nippon

Definition of Kitakyushu

1. Noun. A city in Fukuoka prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kitakyushu

Kisch's reflex
Kisenyi sheep disease virus
Kiseri
Kish
Kishar
Kishinev
Kishinyov
Kishoreganj District
Kisi
Kislev
Kissinger
Kissingerian
Kisumu
Kiswahili
Kit Carson
Kitakyushu (current term)
Kitasato's bacillus
Kitchener
Kitchener stitch
Kitler
Kitson
Kittitian
Kittitians
Kittsian
Kittsians
Kitty Litter
Kivu
Kiwi
Kiwiland

Literary usage of Kitakyushu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Voluntary Approaches for Environmental Policy: Effectiveness, Efficiency and by Nils Axel Braathen (2003)
"Japan - Pollution Control Agreements in Yokohama City and Kitakyushu City ... In 1967, an agreement was concluded between Kitakyushu City and Tobata Kyodo ..."

2. The Strategic Value of Fossil Fuels: Challenges and Responses : Conference by International Energy Agency (1996)
"... Kitakyushu, July 1994 "A plan for the Construction of a Commercial Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustion (PFBC) Combined-Cycle Plant" by K. Tamaki, ..."

3. Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia by Fu-chen Lo, Yue-man Yeung (1996)
"A further concentration of population and employment has been taking place in specially designated cities such as Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, and Fukuoka and ..."

4. Cities and the Environment: New Approaches for Eco-Societies by Takashi Inoguchi, Edward Newman, Glen Paoletto (1999)
"In 1996, Kitakyushu City hosted a Conference on International Environmental Cooperation in which 14 local governments from Japan and China participated. ..."

5. Energy Policies of IEA Countries by International Energy Agency (1999)
"Exceptions are the Tobata/Kitakyushu terminal, which is part-owned (25%) by Nippon Steel, also an independent power producer; the Higashi-Nigata terminal, ..."

6. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2001)
"The ESCAP Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific is held in Kitakyushu. • SPEED '98 is revised. ..."

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