state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast, continent, province (of Japan), province (of ancient China), prefecture, department, dear
州【す】
sandbank, sandbar
九州【きゅうしゅう】
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
州都【しゅうと】
state capital, provincial capital, county town
州政府【しゅうせいふ】
state government
広州【こうしゅう】
Guangzhou (China), Kwangchow, Canton
沿海州【えんかいしゅう】
(Russian) maritime provinces
大洋州【たいようしゅう】
Oceania
加州【かしゅう】
California (state)
白州【しらす】
white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
欧州【おうしゅう】
Europe
済州【チェジュ】
Jeju (special self-governing province and island in South Korea)
