Kagoshi'ma, a town of Japan, on a large bay of the same name, at the south end of Kiu-siu Island, with manufactures of pottery and porcelain, arms, and cotton. Pop. (1896) 55,197. It was bombarded by the British fleet in 1863.
Kagoshi'ma
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 387
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