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Definitions for kobe
ˈkoʊ bi, -beɪkobe

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Kobenoun

    a port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995

Wiktionary

  1. Kobenoun

    A city in Honshū, Japan, capital of Hyōgo prefecture.

  2. Etymology: From 神戸.

Wikipedia

  1. Kobe

    Kobe ( KOH-bee, -⁠bay; Japanese: [koꜜːbe]; officially 神戸市, Kōbe-shi) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture. It is located on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay and about 30 km (19 mi) west of Osaka. With a population around 1.5 million, the city is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto.The earliest written records regarding the region come from the Nihon Shoki, which describes the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingū in AD 201. For most of its history, the area was never a single political entity, even during the Tokugawa period, when the port was controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate. Kobe did not exist in its current form until its founding in 1889. Its name comes from Kanbe (神戸, an archaic title for supporters of the city's Ikuta Shrine). Kobe became one of Japan's designated cities in 1956. Kobe was one of the cities to open for trade with the West following the 1853 end of the policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan and nuclear-free zone port city. While the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake diminished much of Kobe's prominence as a port city, it remains Japan's fourth-busiest container port. Companies headquartered in Kobe include ASICS, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Kobe Steel, as well as over 100 international corporations with Asian or Japanese headquarters in the city, such as Eli Lilly and Company, Procter & Gamble, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Nestlé. The city is the point of origin and namesake of Kobe beef, as well as the site of one of Japan's most famous hot spring resorts, Arima Onsen.

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  1. kobe

    Kobe, in most contexts, usually refers to Kobe Bryant, an American professional basketball player who played his entire 20-year career for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. Unfortunately, he died in a helicopter crash in January 2020. The name is also associated with a city in Japan, Kobe, known for its scenic setting and quality Kobe beef.

Wikidata

  1. Kobe

    Kobe, is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately 30 km west of Osaka on the north shore of Osaka Bay. With a population of about 1.5 million, the city is part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. The earliest written records regarding the region come from the Nihon Shoki, which describes the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingū in AD 201. For most of its history the area was never a single political entity, even during the Tokugawa Period, when the port was controlled directly by the Tokugawa Shogunate. Kobe did not exist in its current form until its founding in 1889. Its name comes from "kanbe", an archaic title for supporters of the city's Ikuta Shrine. Kobe became one of Japan's 17 designated cities in 1956. Kobe was one of the cities to open for trade with the West following the end of the policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city. While the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake diminished much of Kobe's prominence as a port city, it remains Japan's fourth busiest container port. Companies headquartered in Kobe include ASICS, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Kobe Steel, as well as over 100 international corporations with Asia or Japan headquarters in the city such as Eli Lilly and Company, Procter & Gamble, Boehringer Ingelheim and Nestlé. The city is the point of origin and namesake of Kobe beef as well as the site of one of Japan's most famous hot spring resorts, Arima Onsen.

Editors Contribution

  1. Kobe

    A male given name

    Kobe Bryant


    Submitted by acronimous on January 27, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. KOBE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kobe is ranked #29019 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Kobe surname appeared 818 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kobe.

    88.3% or 723 total occurrences were White.
    3.9% or 32 total occurrences were Black.
    2.9% or 24 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.2% or 18 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.9% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.6% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kobe in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kobe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of kobe in a Sentence

  1. Adam Silver:

    Whether competing in the Finals or hoisting jump shots after midnight in an empty gym, Kobe has an unconditional love for the game, i join Kobe's millions of fans around the world in congratulating him on an outstanding NBA career and thank him for so many thrilling memories.

  2. Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak:

    This is a year that's dedicated to Kobe Bryant and Kobe Bryant farewell.

  3. Staples Center president Lee Zeidman:

    We will catalog and box up all the non-perishable items like T-shirts, letters, basketballs, other toys, stuffed animals, and we're going to put them in containers and ship them to Kobe Bryant and the family.

  4. Kobe Bryant:

    To Kobe Bryant family, my wife Vanessa, my daughters Natalia and Gianna thank you guys for all your sacrifices, for all the hours I spent in the gym working and training and Vanessa you holding down the family the way that you have, I can't... there's no way I can thank you enough for that.

  5. Tim Duncan:

    You're at your best, when you face the best, i want to say thank you to the late, great Kobe Bryant, to KG. You guys demanded the best out of me, and it brought the best out of me. Thank you, guys.

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