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Sapporo

Sapporo

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A large city in northern Japan on the island of Hokkaido
  • proper noun
  • /sæˈpɔːroʊ/
: Sapporo
  • The Winter Olympics held in Sapporo in 1972 put the city on the global map.
  • Sapporo, Japan

Well, the son frequents like, some sort of massage parlor in Sapporo, Japan.

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Examples

  • The address is Kita 7-Jo, Nishi 8, Chuo-ku, Sapporo City.

    Blog text (11)

  • We're playing Argentina, England in Sapporo, that magnificent night when David Beckham scored and we beat the Argies.

    Happy Hour Podcast

  • One day in Sapporo, where I was born... ...a fisherman caught a talking fish.

    Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

  • David Beckham puts England in front against Argentina in Sapporo.

    David Beckham: Infamous (2022)

  • People who tell you there's nothing to do in Sapporo haven't looked in the right places.

    Blog text (12)

  • My recommendation is to do some sightseeing: Sapporo Beer Museum, Odori Park, or even a temple.

    Blog text (12)

  • Oda was born on 24 February 1923 in Sapporo, Japan, the elder son of a distinguished physician.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Hawaiian Airlines' flights from Sapporo to Honolulu are on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 9:30 p.m.

    Blog text (12)

  • The International Symposium of Biorecycling/Composting, held September 6-8, 1999, in Sapporo, provided a portrait of the status of organic residuals utilization in Japan.

    Academic text (1999)

  • When he was a boy, his parents once took him to Sapporo for the Snow Festival, and they ate breakfast at Denny's, an American restaurant: fried eggs with strips of bacon, a tomato salad with mayonnaise, corn soup, and a scoop of fried rice with a tiny American flag planted in the top.

    Fiction book (1996)

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Sapporo comes from the Ainu language and is made of sat ('village' or 'plain'), poro ('big') and pet ('river'). So the name means 'big river' or 'large river on a plain', which helps you remember the city was named for the wide river that flows through the area.