# Fukushima

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #20,644

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
2. A prefecture of Japan.
3. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
4. A surname from Japanese.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 福島(ふくしま) (Fukushima).

## Common misspellings (13)
`ffukushima`, `fkuushima`, `fukkushima`, `fuksuhima`, `fukuhsima`, `fukushhima`, `fukushiam`, `fukushimma`, `fukushmia`, `fukusihma`, `fukusshima`, `fuukshima`, `ufkushima`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fukushima