Meaning of Nagasaki in English

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  2. Noun
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  1. Noun

    Nagasaki

    Definitions

    1. a city in southern Japan on Kyushu

    Examples

    • « a leading port and shipbuilding center »
    • « on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb »

Famous quotes

  • « We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another. »
    Henry L. Stimson
  • « I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society. »
    Daisaku Ikeda
  • « Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do. »
    Lawrence Ferlinghetti
  • « Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved. »
    Jacob Bronowski

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