Fukushima

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 福島(ふくしま) (Fukushima).

Proper noun

Fukushima (plural Fukushimas)

The capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
A prefecture of Japan.
- 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 151:
  Fukushima prefecture, located just south of Miyagi, was also part of the ancestral lands of the Emishi.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
A surname from Japanese.

Translations

Fukushima, Japan

Arabic: فُوكُوشِيمَا f (fukušīmā)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 福島 / 福岛 (zh) (Fúdǎo)
Czech: Fukušima (cs)
Dutch: Fukushima
Japanese: 福島 (ja) (ふくしま, Fukushima)
Korean: 후쿠시마 (Hukusima)
Marathi: फुकुशिमा (phukuśimā)
Portuguese: Fukushima (pt)
Russian: Фукуси́ма (ru) f (Fukusíma)
Swedish: Fukushima
Thai: ฟูกูชิมะ (fuu-guu-chí-má)
Ukrainian: Фукусі́ма (uk) f (Fukusíma)

See also

prefectures of Japanedit

Japanese

Romanization

Fukushima

Rōmaji transcription of ふくしま

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Fucuxima

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 福島 (Fukushima).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fu.kuˈʃĩ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fu.kuˈʃi.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.kuˈʃi.mɐ/

Proper noun

Fukushima ?

Fukushima (a city and prefecture of Japan)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 福島 (Fukushima).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /fukuˈʃima/ [fʊ.xʊˈʃiː.mɐ]
- IPA^(key): (with nativization) /pukuˈʃima/ [pʊ.xʊˈʃiː.mɐ], (with nativization, no palatal assimilation) /pukusˈjima/ [pʊ.xʊsˈjiː.mɐ]
Rhymes: -ima
Syllabification: Fu‧ku‧shi‧ma

Proper noun

Fukushima (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜋ)

a surname from Japanese

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fukushima is the 137,318^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 36 individuals.