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  • A city of central Honshu, Japan, at the head of Ise Bay east of Kyoto. A fortress town in the 1500s, it was rebuilt after heavy bombing in World War II.

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  • proper noun The capital of Aichi prefecture in central Honshu in Japan.

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  • noun an industrial city in southern Honshu

Etymologies

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From the Japanese 名古屋 (なごや, Nagoya).

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  • Posts: 2,072 is it true that from KTM resort, must book hotel taxi to and fro nagoya shopping centre? how much would one taxit trip cost? wat time is best that the taxi picked me up from nagoya back to KTM? safe to stay at nagoya till nite time before gng back KTM? any activities available within KTM Resort itself during nite time? is the family cottage located very far away from beachfront cottage? is the chinese restaurant at KTM resort operating for dinner? any money changer nearby KTM Resort or shd i change $ at Nagoya?

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  • A delegate from the European Union shows a "time" sign during a plenary session of the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) in Nagoya, central Japan, October 29, 2010.

    First-ever congressional geoengineering report released Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • Delegates to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan, are considering language to limit research into geo-engineering, the science of manipulating the climate.

    Global convention delegates consider strict limits on climate engineering Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • The report has been released during a crucial United Nations biodiversity conference in Nagoya that aims to draw up a new global action plan to halt the demise of plant and animal life on Earth.

    One-fifth of world's back-boned animals face extinction, study warns Jonathan Watts in Nagoya 2010

  • Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1964, Yuichi Hibi trained as an actor and filmmaker, achieving success in a broad range of film and theater productions before moving to New York in 1988. (via)

    Yuichi Hibi – Film Noir & Neco 2009

  • The measure adopted under the Convention on Biological Diversity, which just concluded in Nagoya, Japan, states "that no climate-related geo-engineering activities that may affect biodiversity take place, until there is an adequate scientific basis on which to justify such activities and appropriate consideration of the associated risks for the environment and biodiversity and associated social, economic and cultural impacts, with the exception of small scale scientific research studies" under controlled circumstances.

    First-ever congressional geoengineering report released Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • Principal architects Michel Weenick and Brian White of the architecturew practice, designed this modern minimalist house in Nagoya, Japan.

    M House by architecturew 2009

  • The measure adopted under the Convention on Biological Diversity, which recently concluded in Nagoya, Japan, states "that no climate-related geo-engineering activities that may affect biodiversity take place, until there is an adequate scientific basis on which to justify such activities and appropriate consideration of the associated risks for the environment and biodiversity and associated social, economic and cultural impacts, with the exception of small-scale scientific research studies" under controlled circumstances.

    Geoengineering sparks international ban, first-ever congressional report Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • I myself went to the meeting in Nagoya that was held on the 17th.

    Global Voices in English » Japan: For the Price of a Plane Ticket…? 2009

  • Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1964, Yuichi Hibi trained as an actor and filmmaker, achieving success in a broad range of film and theater productions before moving to New York in 1988. (via)

    Vitro Nasu » 2009 » April 2009

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