'Kuro-Siwo' definitions:
Definition of 'Kuro-Siwo'
From: GCIDE
- Kuro-Siwo \Ku"ro-Siwo\, n. [Jap. kuroshio; kuro black + shio tide.] See Japan Current, above. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Kuro-Siwo'
From: 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.]