Nagasaki
/ˌnɑːɡəˈsɑːki/ · name
Meaning
- 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.
- A prefecture of Japan.
- The atomic bombing of said city.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Japanese 長崎(ながさき) (Nagasaki).
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