[koh-bee; Japn. kaw-bee] 
| a seaport on S Honshu, in S Japan. 1,367,392. |
| Ko·be (kō'bē', -bā') A city of southern Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay south-southwest of Kyoto. A port and manufacturing center, it was almost entirely rebuilt after World War II. The city was badly damaged by an earthquake in 1995. Population: 1,530,000. |
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