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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

The traffic jam occurred on the Meishin Expressway in Gifu prefecture.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

The video, taken at a Sushiro diner in Gifu city, appears to have inspired copycats.

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

Nobunaga established his headquarters at this castle, changing its name to Gifu, and thus extending his dominion over the province of Mino as well as Owari.

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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