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Nagoya

American  
[nuh-goi-uh, nah-gaw-yah] / nəˈgɔɪ ə, ˈnɑ gɔˌyɑ /

noun

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


Nagoya British  
/ ˈnɑːɡəʊjə /

noun

  1. a city in central Japan, on S Honshu on Ise Bay: a major industrial centre. Pop: 2 109 681 (2002 est)

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The JOC said they plan to repeat their monitoring activities at their home Asian Games, which are being held in Nagoya and the wider Aichi area on September 19-October 4.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified two gut bacteria that appear to work together to trigger chronic constipation.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

Brazil is a signatory to the 2014 Nagoya Protocol, an international treaty on sharing benefits from genetic resources.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Arsene Wenger was welcomed with headlines asking "Arsene Who?" when he docked at Arsenal from Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan on 30 September 1996.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

The road from Nagoya to Gifu, more than twenty miles in length, and formerly bordered by an almost continuous succession of villages, was converted into a narrow lane between two long drawn-out banks of débris.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles