州 - state, province

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

state capital; provincial capital; county town

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)

Kitakyushu (city)

state government

Europe

Guangzhou (China); Canton

Kōshū (grape variety)

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

European Monetary Institute; EMI

European Economic Area; EEA