| Noun | 1. | Kitakyushu - a Japanese city on northern Kyushucity, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city" Kyushu - the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building | |