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Noun: Nagasaki
  1. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding centre; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb

Type of: city, metropolis, port, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Japan, Kyushu, Nihon, Nippon

Encyclopedia: Nagasaki, Nagasaki