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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of east-central Honshu, Japan, on the northeast shore of Tokyo Bay. It is a manufacturing center.
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- proper noun a capital city of Chiba
prefecture ,Japan .
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Everyone, meet Case, a down-on-his-luck hacker surviving in Chiba City, Japan, aka the urban sprawl.
Books in 2010, #3 pabba 2010
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Reuters Samsung Electronics 'Galaxy S smartphone, branded with NTT DoCoMo's logo, on display at Japanese electronics show CEATEC, in Chiba, on Oct. 5, 2010.
Samsung, DoCoMo Team Up to Sell Galaxy Devices Juro Osawa 2010
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Associated Press A visitor operates a Nintendo 3DS during a press conference to launch the new game machine in Chiba near Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.
Nintendo's Long Climb Starts Again James Simms 2010
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Everyone, meet Case, a down-on-his-luck hacker surviving in Chiba City, Japan, aka the urban sprawl.
REVIEW: TouchMaster 3 (over at The First Hour) ravenelectrick 2010
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It looks like a huge version of an amazing oceanside home in Chiba (Japan) designed by Sou Fujimoto.
World’s Greenest Building Going Up In Paris – Energy Plus | Inhabitat 2008
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Chiba is a Tarantino favorite, and it makes perfect sense that this is the sort of homage he would throw in to one of his most important movies as a nice touch.
Jules Winnfield's Ezekiel Reference Explained KaneCitizen 2007
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Chiba is a Tarantino favorite, and it makes perfect sense that this is the sort of homage he would throw in to one of his most important movies as a nice touch.
Archive 2007-02-01 KaneCitizen 2007
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In 1993 the Ski Dome SSAWS (located in Chiba, Tokyo, Japan), which stands for Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Snow, opened its doors.
Boing Boing: December 5, 2004 - December 11, 2004 Archives 2004
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The irony is,in Singlish,the word Chiba or something that sounds like it,at least is a very crude translation of the word c*nt..
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Developed at the Hyundai Design and Technical Centre in Chiba, Japan, the i-Blue is the latest concept in Hyundai’s platform to use its proprietary fuel cell technology to produce a hydrogen powered, zero-emission crossover utility vehicle that looks as good as any we’ve seen.
TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: Green Means Go in Frankfurt | Inhabitat 2007
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