Definition of honshu Honshu
/hɑˈnʃu/ - [hanshu] - Hon•shu
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| honshu - the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland | ||
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| japanese archipelago, japanese islands, japan lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient | ||
| capital of japan, japanese capital, tokio, tokyo, yeddo, yedo, edo the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan | ||
| nagano a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine | ||
| nagoya an industrial city in southern Honshu | ||
| omiya a city of east central Honshu; a suburb of Tokyo | ||
| osaka port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan | ||
| yokohama port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan | ||
| kobe a port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995 | ||
| kyoto a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan | ||
| hiroshima a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area | ||
| toyohashi a Japanese city in southern Honshu on the Pacific shore | ||
| toyonaki a Japanese city in southern Honshu; main residential suburb of Osaka | ||
| toyota an industrial city of Japan in southern Honshu | ||
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honshu
The largest island of Japan, called the Mainland; it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait. It is the seventh largest island, and the second most populous island in the world.
Wikipedia 
- or Honshu is the biggest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Strait. It is the seventh biggest island, and is the island with the second highest number of people in the world after Java.
Part of speech
🔤- honshu, noun, singular of honshus.
