Nagasaki

[ nah-guh-sah-kee, nag-uh-sak-ee; Japanese nah-gah-sah-kee ]

noun

1. a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan: second military use of the atomic bomb August 9, 1945.

Nagasaki

/ ˌnɑːɡəˈsɑːkɪ /

noun

1. a port in SW Japan, on W Kyushu: almost completely destroyed in 1945 by the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the US; shipbuilding industry. Pop: 419 901 (2002 est)

Nagasaki

1. City in southern Japan ; one of Japan's leading ports and shipbuilding centers.

Notes

The first Japanese port to welcome Western traders in the sixteenth century, it was the only Japanese port open to the West from 1641 to 1858.

Nagasaki became the second populated area to be devastated by an atomic bomb (see also atomic bomb ), on August 9, 1945. ( See also Hiroshima (see also Hiroshima ).)

Example Sentences

The organisation made up of survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and founded in 1956, was recognised by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for its efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

From BBC

It recounts the two nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times

One didn’t feel any real connection between the lovers, but maybe that, too, was wanted, given that the callous American sailor treats marriage to a geisha during a shore leave in Nagasaki as a lark.

From Los Angeles Times

Ambassadors from Western countries including the United States and the United Kingdom will not attend a ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki after Israel was snubbed.

From BBC

In this version, Sharpless, the U.S. consul in Nagasaki, is bilingual.

From Los Angeles Times