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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 久留米 (Kurume).
Proper noun
Kurume
- a city in Fukuoka prefecture
1914, An Official Guide to Eastern Asia: South-western Japan:General Description of Tosu-Kagoshima Line. The S. section of the Kagoshima Main Line, that is the Tosu-Kagoshima section, passes first through Kurume and Omuta, then Kumamoto; from the town of Uto, it sends off the Misumi Branch Line, and between Matsushiro and Hitoyoshi it passes through the romantic valley of the Kuma-gawa; on leaving Hitoyoshi, the line crosses the high ridges of Yatake and Kunimi-yama and then makes a gradual descent until it reaches Kagoshima.
Japanese
Romanization
Kurume
- Rōmaji transcription of くるめ