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Nagoya

Nagoya

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A major industrial city in southern Honshu, Japan, with car factories and cultural sites
  • proper noun
: Nagoya
  • First Nagoya stop is the famous Nagoya Castle.
  • Nagoya, Japan
  • Nagoya University

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Examples

  • At a UN biodiversity conference that year in Nagoya, Japan, negotiators extended the deadline to 2020.

    Blog text (6)

  • The conference in Nagoya showcased advancements in technology and manufacturing.

  • We will stay in Nagoya for two days.

    The Hunted (1995)

  • Are you visiting Nagoya for business or your family?

    The Hunted (1995)

  • "Last year I was in Nagoya to compete in the Nagoya Marathon," she wrote by e-mail Thursday.

    Blog text (29)

  • Koshiba was born near Nagoya in 1926.

    Academic text (2002)

  • I am a half-Japanese and half-Caucasian American female living in Nagoya, Japan.

    Blog text (6)

  • Starting in 1993, I have met over one hundred Japanese husbands and contenders for marriage with Filipinas in the Tokyo metropolitan and Nagoya areas.

    Academic text (2007)

  • In Kyoto and Nagoya, monumental mixed-use complexes are being constructed in conjunction with new railroad stations.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The industrial city of Nagoya is famous for its innovative car manufacturing.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Nagoya is written in Japanese with the characters 名 ('name' or 'fame') and 古屋 ('old house' or 'old shop'). A helpful way to remember Nagoya is to picture a 'famous old house' or a busy market, and that image links to why it is a large, well-known city and industrial center.