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Ku⋅ma⋅mo⋅to

[koo-muh-moh-toh; Japn. koo-mah-maw-taw]
–noun
a city on W central Kyushu, in SW Japan. 525,613.
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Ku·ma·mo·to   (kōō'mə-mō'tō)   
A city of western Kyushu, Japan, east of Nagasaki. It was an important castle town during the feudal period. Population: 670,000.
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Kumamoto

ken (prefecture), located in central Kyushu, Japan, facing the Amakusa Sea and including the Amakusa Archipelago. The city of Kumamoto is the prefectural capital

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