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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)

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Minamidani has already gotten together with about a dozen others in Wajima to rent a place in nearby Kanazawa city, relatively unscathed by the quakes, to restart their fish businesses together.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Damage to the Onohiyoshi Shrine in Kanazawa was also pictured.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2024

His survivors include his wife, Asako, and a daughter, Shinobu Kanazawa.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Very soon the Kamakura force was shattered, and Mochiuji himself fled to the temple Shomyo-ji in Kanazawa, where he begged to be allowed to retire from the world.

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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