Nagano

Na·ga·no  (nä-gän, nägä-n)

A city of central Honshu, Japan, northwest of Tokyo. It is a religious center with diverse industries in a silk-producing region. Population: 378,000.

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Nagano [nəˈgɑːnəʊ]

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(Placename) a city in central Japan, on central Honshu: Buddhist shrine; two universities. Pop.: 358 512 (1995)

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Nagano - a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine Hondo, Honshu - the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building