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Gifu

American  
[gee-foo] / ˈgiˈfu /

noun

  1. a city on S Honshu, in central Japan.


Gifu British  
/ ˈɡiːfuː /

noun

  1. a city in Japan, on central Honshu: hot springs, textile and paper lantern manufacturing. Pop: 401 269 (2002 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The study included 92 people with type 2 diabetes in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, who had just started GLP-1 therapy.

From Science Daily May 7, 2026

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroakazu Matsuno told reporters that the shooting occurred at a firing range at a base in Gifu prefecture in central Japan.

From Seattle Times Jun. 13, 2023

The Gifu incident prompted a 5% slump in the Sushiro parent company's stock price earlier this week, although it later recovered.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2023

The video, taken in an outlet in the central province of Gifu, has generated tens of millions of views since it hit the internet.

From Washington Post Feb. 2, 2023

Thereafter, the van of the western army advanced to Gifu along the Nakasendo, and the main body, making a detour through Ise, ultimately pushed forward into Mino.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

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