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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 上 (Clipping of 上野 (“Kōzuke Province”)) + 州 (shū, “province”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
上州 • (Jōshū)
- (historical) short for 上野国 (Kōzuke no kuni, “Kōzuke Province, a feudal province of Japan”)
- Synonym: 上野 (Kōzuke)
- (by extension, poetic) Gunma (a prefecture of Japan)
- Synonym: 群馬県 (Gunma-ken)
Coordinate terms
- (畿内) Coordinate terms: 城州, 山州, 和州, 河州, 泉州, 摂州
- (東海道) Coordinate terms: 伊州, 勢州, 志州, 尾州, 三州, 参州, 遠州, 駿州, 豆州, 甲州, 相州, 武州, 安州, 房州, 総州, 常州
- (東山道) Coordinate terms: 江州, 濃州, 飛州, 信州, 上州, 野州, 羽州, 陸州, 奥州
- (北陸道) Coordinate terms: 若州, 越州, 加州, 能州, 越州, 佐州, 渡州
- (山陰道) Coordinate terms: 丹州, 但州, 因州, 伯州, 雲州, 石州, 隠州
- (山陽道) Coordinate terms: 播州, 作州, 備州, 芸州, 防州, 長州
- (南海道) Coordinate terms: 紀州, 淡州, 阿州, 讃州, 予州, 土州
- (西海道) Coordinate terms: 豊州, 筑州, 肥州, 日州, 向州, 隅州, 薩州, 壱州, 対州