州 - state, province

state capital; provincial capital; county town

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

Guangzhou (China); Canton

Kitakyushu (city)

Europe

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

state government

Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)

Hishū (the two former provinces of Hizen and Higo)

Rikushū (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)

Bishū (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo)

state resident; people of a state