Nagoya

American  

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

noun

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

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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)

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Example Sentences

The JOC said they plan to repeat their monitoring activities at their home Asian Games, which are being held in Nagoya and the wider Aichi area on September 19-October 4.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan previously introduced an iron based substitute, but that earlier version depended on large quantities of costly chiral ligands.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

Brazil is a signatory to the 2014 Nagoya Protocol, an international treaty on sharing benefits from genetic resources.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Professor Fumitaka Osakada, graduate student Masatoshi Nishimura, and their colleagues at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Nagoya University developed assembloids that model interactions between the thalamus and the cortex.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

I went for a second time to the restful city of Nagoya.

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