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Kanazawa

American  
[kah-nah-zah-wah] / ˈkɑ nɑˈzɑ wɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport on W Honshu, in central Japan.


Kanazawa British  
/ ˌkænəˈzɑːwə /

noun

  1. a port in central Japan, on W Honshu: textile and porcelain industries. Pop: 439 892 (2002 est)

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In Asia, secondary cities like Kanazawa in Japan are gaining traction beyond Tokyo and Kyoto.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

In the large cities of Toyama and Kanazawa, life is already returning to some kind of normalcy.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2024

Joni Kanazawa, director of Ellie’s Elves, was thrilled that a child would honor Ellie’s memory.

From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2021

First opened more than 350 years ago, Akasaka Asada serves kaga ryori, a cuisine hailing from Japan’s Kanazawa area.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2018

When about to attack the fortress of Kanazawa, to which the approaches were very difficult, Yoshiiye observed a flock of geese rising in confusion, and rightly inferred an ambuscade of the enemy.

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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