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Nara

[ nah-rah ]

noun

  1. a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
  2. a period of Japanese history, a.d. 710–784, characterized by the adoption of Chinese culture and forms of government.


Nara

/ ˈnɑːrə /

noun

  1. a city in central Japan, on S Honshu: the first permanent capital of Japan (710–784). Pop: 364 411 (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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Example Sentences

Now we paralleled the river, beyond whose far edge grew many slender-trunked nara trees; apparently they were Japanese oaks.

The Nara statues on Park Avenue are meant to be as accessible as a pretty towel.

One guards the Park Avenue Armory, which just wrapped up a Nara show, and the other the Asia Society, which just opened one.

The next moment Nara Singh had called off his soldiers and retreated at a gallop over the plain.

We are the Rishis Nara and Narayana born in the world of men for a special purpose.

Thou wert in thy former life a Rishi of immeasurable soul, known as Nara of great might.

In the Hei-an epoch were accentuated the virtues and vices of the Nara epoch.

Most of them are old, one at Nara having been built about the year 700.

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