2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Japan current \Japan current\ A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- called also {Kuro-Siwo}, or {Black Stream}, in allusion to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Kuro-Siwo \Ku"ro-Siwo\, n. [Jap. kuroshio; kuro black + shio tide.] See {Japan Current}, above. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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