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Shizuoka

American  
[shee-zoo-aw-kah] / ˈʃi zʊˈɔ kɑ /

noun

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


Shizuoka British  
/ ˌʃiːzuːˈəʊkə /

noun

  1. a city in central Japan, on S Honshu: a centre for green tea; university (1949). Pop: 468 775 (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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"Fourteen people are subject to transportation by emergency services," Tomoharu Sugiyama, a firefighting department official in the city of Mishima, in Shizuoka region, told AFP.

From Barron's Dec. 26, 2025

Beckham, however, was clearly not fully over a foot injury and England's lack of fitness haunted them in the searing heat of Shizuoka in the quarter-final against Brazil.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2024

One is Fuji City, about 200 miles by road east of Kyoto in Shizuoka Prefecture.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2024

Lilium pacificum grows on coastal areas facing the Pacific Ocean on Honshu from Ibaraki Prefecture south to Shizuoka Prefecture and the Izu Islands.

From Science Daily May 1, 2024

The Shizuoka Experiment Station is devoting special attention to the interests of horticulture, and progress has already been made in introducing new fruits of better quality and in improving the native varieties.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)

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