is a
Japanese name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...
meaning "fortunate" or sometimes "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". It may refer to:
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Fukui Domain
The , also known as the , was a domain (''han'') of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1601 to 1871. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003).
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, a part of the Japanese han system during the Edo period
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Fukui Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 737,229 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,190 Square kilometre, km2 (1,617 sq mi). Fukui Prefecture border ...
, a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island
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Fukui (city)
is the capital city of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 255,332 in 107,553 households. Its total area is and its population density is about 476 persons per km2. Most of the population lives in a small central ...
, the capital city of the prefecture
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Fukui Station (Fukui)
is a railway station in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Echizen Railway.
Lines
Fukui Station is served by the following railway companies and lines:
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, the main train station of the city of Fukui
People
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Fukui (surname)
is a Japanese name meaning "fortunate" or sometimes "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". Notable people with the surname include:
*, physical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981
*, Japanese video game music composer, a ...
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1948 Fukui earthquake, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake which struck Fukui prefecture in 1948
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6924 Fukui, an Outer Main-belt asteroid
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Fugui (disambiguation) Fugui is an atonal pinyin romanization of various Chinese names and words.
It may refer to:
Places
* Cape Fugui (富貴), the northernmost point on Taiwan in Shimen District, New Taipei City
* Cape Fugui Lighthouse in Shimen District, New Taipei ...
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Fukui Station (disambiguation) Fukui Station is the name of multiple train stations in Japan.
* Fukui Station (Fukui) - (福井駅) in Fukui Prefecture
* Fukui Station (Okayama) - (福井駅) in Okayama Prefecture
* Fukui Station (Tochigi) - (福居駅) in Tochigi Prefect ...
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