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Sasebo

American  
[sah-se-baw] / ˈsɑ sɛˌbɔ /

noun

  1. a seaport on NW Kyushu, in SW Japan.


Sasebo British  
/ ˈsɑːsəˌbəʊ /

noun

  1. a port in SW Japan, on NW Kyushu on Omura Bay: naval base. Pop: 242 474 (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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Five months later, during a patrol off Sasebo, Japan, the Tang came upon a convoy of as many as 18 ships.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

“We are systematizing a lot of things,” Capt. Yoshihiro Iwata, 44, said when the frigate was docked recently in Sasebo, in southwestern Japan.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2023

Leona Woods Marshall Libby: My brother-in-law was a captain of the first bombs’ minesweeper scheduled into Sasebo harbor.

From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2023

“We have concluded our damage reports and it’s the usual downed trees, some bent fence posts, just some minor damage to the base,” Sasebo spokesman Aki Nichols told the military newspaper.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2022

What the deuce suddenly caused that Sasebo to have us herded back to this empty cabin again?

From Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal by Bowen, Robert Sydney

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