州 （シュウ） state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast, continent, province (of Japan), province (of ancient China), prefecture, department, dear

大州 （タイシュウ） continent

五大州 （ゴダイシュウ） the five continents, Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America

州 （ス） sandbank, sandbar

洲浜 （スハマ） sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake

白州 （シラス） white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

中州 （ナカス） sandbank (in a river), sandbar

八洲 （やしま） Japan

大八洲 （おおやしま） Japan