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nagasaki

/ˌnæɡəˈsaːki/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
na-gasa-ki
IPA
/ˌnæɡəˈsaːki/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

name

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.

name

A prefecture of Japan.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌnæɡəˈsaːki/
  • British English: /ˌnɑːɡəˈsɑːki/

Inflected Forms

Nangasaki (alternative) Nangasacq (alternative) Nangasac (alternative)

Rhymes With

hockey rocky jockey cocky khaki kawasaki maki aki miyazaki stocky sasaki saki

Questions

How do you pronounce nagasaki?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌnæɡəˈsaːki/.
What does nagasaki mean?
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.
Where does nagasaki come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 長崎(ながさき) (Nagasaki).

How to pronounce nagasaki

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