Definitions for honshuˈhɒn ʃu  This page provides all possible
meanings and translations of the word honshu  Random House
Webster's College Dictionary  Hon•shuˈhɒn ʃu(n.)    1. an island
in central Japan: chief island of the country. 88,851 sq. mi.
(230,124 sq. km).      Category: Geography (places)  Princeton's
WordNet    1. Honshu, Hondo(noun)      1. Honshu(ProperNoun)
The main island of the Japanese Archipelago.     1. Honshu
Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island,
it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of
Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across
the Kanmon Strait. It is the seventh largest island in the
world, and the second most populous after Indonesia's Java
island. It has a population of 103 million in 2005, mostly
concentrated in the available lowlands, notably in the Kantō
plain where 25% of the total population reside in the Greater
Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and Yokohama, Kawasaki, Saitama
and Chiba cities. Most of th