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

Kitakyushu (city)

Europe

state capital; provincial capital; county town

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

Guangzhou (China); Canton

state government

Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)

European Council

state court (in the US, etc.); state courthouse

(US) state song

Guangzhou (China)