Chikuma

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Chikuma is the name

  • of the Chikumagawa , the longest river (-gawa) in Japan on its upper reaches, see Shinano (river)
  • of the Chikuma-gun , a district (-gun) of the Japanese province of Shinano from ancient times to 1879
  • from Chikuma-ken , a prefecture (-ken) in the Japanese provinces of Shinano and Hida 1871 to 1876, see Chikuma Prefecture
  • of Chikuma-shi , an independent city (-shi) in the Japanese prefecture of Nagano since 2003, see Chikuma (Nagano)
  • an express train of the Japanese State Railways and the successor company JR Tōkai 1959-2005, see Chikuma (train)
  • a class of cruisers of the Japanese Imperial Navy that was launched in 1911 with its three units, see Chikuma class .
  • a village in Angola, s. Chikuma (Angola)
  • an Abukuma class anti-submarine frigate of the Japanese Sea Self- Defense Forces, see Chikuma (DE 233)
  • of a heavy cruiser of the Japanese Imperial Navy in World War II, see Chikuma (ship, 1939) .