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Fukuyama

 
Dictionary: Fu·ku·ya·ma   (fū'kə-yä'mə, -kū-yä'mä) pronunciation
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A city of southwest Honshu, Japan, on the Inland Sea east of Kure. It is a commercial, industrial, and communications center. Population: 460,000.

 

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Fukuyama (fūkū'yämä), city (1990 pop. 365,612), Hiroshima prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Ashida River. It is an important commercial, industrial, and communications center, producing machinery, Japanese harps (kotos), rubber products, electronics, textiles, and processed foods.

 
 

 

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