Naha

American

[nah-hah] / ˈnɑ hɑ /

noun

a port on SW Okinawa, in S Japan.

Naha British

/ ˈnɑːhə /

noun

a port in S Japan, on the SW coast of Okinawa Island: chief city of the Ryukyu Islands. Pop: 303 146 (2002 est)

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Yagi was found dead Saturday at a hotel in the Okinawan capital of Naha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The US military presence will remain a major issue for Koja, a former civil servant who was also a deputy mayor of Naha, the region's capital city.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Flights to and from Okinawa's main airport - Naha International Airport - were cancelled as it closed on Friday as the storm arrived.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

On Okinawa, Koki Ohama said his water sports and barbeque business in the major city of Naha would suffer from the storm.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

In 1910 I drifted into the quaint little town of Naha in the Loo-Choo Islands, that forgotten kingdom of the East.

From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Roy Chapman Andrews

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