Nagano

American  

[nah-gah-naw] / nɑˈgɑ nɔ /

noun

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

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Nagano British  

/ nəˈɡɑːnəʊ /

noun

1. a city in central Japan, on central Honshu: Buddhist shrine; two universities. Pop: 359 045 (2002 est)

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Example Sentences

Nagano is one of the organizers of Little Tokyo Sparkle, an annual neighborhood cleanup scheduled for May 17 this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Back downtown on the edge of the Civic Center, Little Tokyo resident Steve Nagano says there have been fewer homeless people on the street in recent times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Chloe Jeffries, from the Gold Coast, was riding on a snowmobile with her mother in Hakuba Valley, Nagano prefecture, on Saturday when it overturned, trapping her underneath.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

To find out, the researchers traveled to Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park in Nagano prefecture.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

It is the great Ueda Sericultural College in the prefecture of Nagano.

From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson