HyperDic: minamata_bay

English > 1 sense of the expression Minamata Bay:
NOUNobjectMinamata Baya bay on the west coast of Kyushu
English > Minamata Bay: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningA bay on the west coast of Kyushu; in the 1950s industrial wastes caused mercury poisoning among the Japanese people who ate fish from Minamata Bay.
Instance ofbay, embaymentAn indentation of a shoreline larger / larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
Part ofKyushuThe southernmost of the four main islands of Japan

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