洲

しゅう

state (of the US

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Meanings

also 州

  1. noun, suffix state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); county (e.g. of the UK); region (e.g. of Italy); canton; oblast
  2. continent
  3. suffix, historical province (of Japan)
  4. noun, suffix, historical province (of ancient China); prefecture; department
  5. suffix, archaic, after a person's name dear

す also 州

  1. noun sandbank; sandbar

ひじ · ひし

  1. noun, archaic mid-ocean sandbank

Its kanji

In sentences

彼かれは八重やえ洲しゅうホテルに一室いっしつをとった。 He took a room at the Yaesu Hotel. #96392