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Nagasaki en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˌnɑːɡəˈsɑːki/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌnæɡəˈsaːki/ (Canada, US)
• /ˌnaːɡəˈsaːki/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 長崎(ながさき) (Nagasaki).

Meanings

1. A port city, the capital and largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture, in southwestern Kyushu, Japan, famous as the country's early modern entrepot and for its nuclear bombing on 9 August 1945 at the end of World War II.
   • This slab is where the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago were put together. It’s the assembly point for the dawning of the atomic age. 2020 August 6, Brad Lendon, “Hiroshima after 75 years: Walking the path of the atomic bomb”, in CNN:
   • VINCENT: Tens of thousands killed before sundown; nobody's killed people that fast since Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 2004, Stuart Beattie, Collateral, DreamWorks Pictures:
2. A port city, the capital and largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture, in southwestern Kyushu, Japan, famous as the country's early modern entrepot and for its nuclear bombing on 9 August 1945 at the end of World War II. ▸ The atomic bombing of said city.
3. A prefecture of Japan.

Forms

Translations (84)

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