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Kyūshū Region (Japan)

LC control no.sh 85073588
Geographic headingKyūshū Region (Japan)
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Geographic subdivision usageJapan--Kyūshū Region
Variant(s)Kiushiu Region (Japan)
Kyūshū (Japan)
Kyūshū Island (Japan)
Kyusyu Region (Japan)
See alsoIslands--Japan
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Found inKodansha encyc. of Japan.
Lippincott (Kyushu, island; variants: Kiushiu, Kyusyu)
Frank Yorichika, Asian Section, Subject Cat. (Japanese speakers do not refer to this as an island, but use the term for region which includes the island and associated small islands; he would not want to establish a separate term for the island as distinct from the region)
Isamu Tsuchitani, Japanese Language Section, Shared Cat. (Japanese speakers and reference sources do not use the term island and use the term region when refering to Kyushu)
GeoNames [algorithmically matched] island; 33°00ʹ00ʺN 131°00ʹ00ʺE