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Nagoya

American  
[nuh-goi-uh, nah-gaw-yah] / nəˈgɔɪ ə, ˈnɑ gɔˌjɑ /

noun

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


Nagoya British  
/ ˈnɑːɡəʊjə /

noun

  1. a city in central Japan, on S Honshu on Ise Bay: a major industrial centre. Pop: 2 109 681 (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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Athletes were also briefly evacuated from the containers as record rainfall lashed Nagoya last week and caused widespread flooding.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

The Games, held in the city of Nagoya and wider Aichi prefecture, have faced weeks of concern about a potential shortage of beds.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

The research was led by Hiroyuki Mizoguchi, associate professor, and Kiyofumi Yamada, professor emeritus, at Nagoya University's Graduate School of Medicine.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage, based in Nagoya, also said in March it would sell its 40,000-machine operation to Osaka-based Lifedrink Co.

From Barron's Apr. 26, 2026

On August the 25th, the American forces embarked at Newcastle-on-Tyne in three British troopships, the "Somali," the "Tydeus" and the "Nagoya" and set sail for Archangel, Russia.

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns

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