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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of south-central Honshu, Japan, east of Osaka. An ancient cultural and religious center, it was founded in 706 and was the first fixed capital of Japan (710–784).
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- proper noun A
prefecture inJapan . - proper noun Prefecture
capital of Nara. - proper noun Something related with Nara area.
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- noun the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections
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LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) Nara Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NARA), the holding company of Nara
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Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist who, since the Japanese pop movement of the 1990s, has received international acclaim with his distinct figurative style.
Doreen Remen: Last Chance for a Last Look at Nara Doreen Remen 2010
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Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist who, since the Japanese pop movement of the 1990s, has received international acclaim with his distinct figurative style.
Doreen Remen: Last Chance for a Last Look at Nara Doreen Remen 2010
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Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist who, since the Japanese pop movement of the 1990s, has received international acclaim with his distinct figurative style.
Doreen Remen: Last Chance for a Last Look at Nara Doreen Remen 2010
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Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist who, since the Japanese pop movement of the 1990s, has received international acclaim with his distinct figurative style.
Doreen Remen: Last Chance for a Last Look at Nara Doreen Remen 2010
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Xinhua/Zuma Press Sept. 22: China's delegates to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on tourism in Nara, Japan, skip a dinner hosted by Japan's tourism minister, Sumio Mabuchi, who declines a courtesy call by Zhu Shangzhong, vice chairman of the China National Tourism Administration.
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An eternal flame lamp at the tomb of a Buddhist priest in Nara, Japan has kept burning for 1,130 years.
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But there is some confusion in its use, for it is applied not only to the supreme being but to a double incarnation of him called Nara-Nârâyaṇa, and images of the pair may still be seen in Vishnuite temples.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
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Slipping away from the Bombers was bliss-makingAya had chanted the name Yoshio Nara about a million times.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Slipping away from the Bombers was bliss-makingAya had chanted the name Yoshio Nara about a million times.
Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008
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