Nagasaki

American  

[nah-guh-sah-kee, nag-uh-sak-ee, nah-gah-sah-kee] / ˌnɑ gəˈsɑ ki, ˌnæg əˈsæk i, ˈnɑ gɑˈsɑ ki /

noun

1. a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan: second military use of the atomic bomb August 9, 1945.

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Nagasaki British  

/ ˌnɑːɡəˈsɑːkɪ /

noun

1. a port in SW Japan, on W Kyushu: almost completely destroyed in 1945 by the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the US; shipbuilding industry. Pop: 419 901 (2002 est)

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Nagasaki Cultural  

1. City in southern Japan; one of Japan's leading ports and shipbuilding centers.

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The first Japanese port to welcome Western traders in the sixteenth century, it was the only Japanese port open to the West from 1641 to 1858.

Nagasaki became the second populated area to be devastated by an atomic bomb (see also atomic bomb), on August 9, 1945. (See also Hiroshima (see also Hiroshima).)

Example Sentences

“I’d rather see an increase in my salary,” said Tatsuo Nakashima, a Nagasaki native, when asked about higher military spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

“As someone that was born in Nagasaki, I’m against all wars,” said Asumi Hidaka, 36, a mother of two young children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

So, we talked about that, and then we talked about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Before the second bomb struck Nagasaki, French philosopher Albert Camus expressed his horror that even in a war defined by unprecedented, industrialized slaughter, Hiroshima stood apart.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2025

Truman also delivered a sterner warning to Stalin: The president sent a fleet of B-29 bombers to bases in England, the same type of aircraft that had dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau