Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. Osaka was the leading commercial center of Japan during the feudal period and today is highly industrialized.
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- proper noun a city in
Honshū ,Japan . - proper noun a
prefecture ,Japan .
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- noun port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan
Etymologies
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Examples
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SIMON: Colby Lewis, who I think last year at this time was pitching in Osaka ...
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I also enjoyed the flashback to the kids dreaming of visiting Expo 70, a worldwide exposition held in Osaka and symbolized by the Tower of the Sun.
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What does Japan think about the million dollar koalas in Osaka zoo?
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The 72 million who managed to get to the event surpassed the previous record of 64.21 million visitors who attended the 1970 fair in Osaka, Japan.
Shanghai's World Expo Draws 72M Visitors By ELAINE KURTENBACH 2010
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I've heard about this place (and even walked past it) for many years, and I always thought it was another one of those "New York things you're supposed to see," like Times Square (which really isn't much more than a touristy place with a lot of neon, like Piccadilly Circus or the Umeda district in Osaka - or, of course, Yasukuni-dori in Shinjuku, and the Akihabara area, both in Tokyo).
Archive 2009-04-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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It comes from the Japanese “horu mono” which means “things that are thrown away” in Osaka dialect.
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At school in Osaka, my teacher happened to be Shizuo Ito, a well-known poet from Isahaya.
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Fandom | John Thomas goes shopping for manga in Osaka, Japan.
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Many residents in Osaka that I spoke with reported being unable to see it due to some pretty thick cloud cover, but some people in Kobe apparently had more luck.
Global Voices in English » The Sun went out over Japan recently. 2009
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I've heard about this place (and even walked past it) for many years, and I always thought it was another one of those "New York things you're supposed to see," like Times Square (which really isn't much more than a touristy place with a lot of neon, like Piccadilly Circus or the Umeda district in Osaka - or, of course, Yasukuni-dori in Shinjuku, and the Akihabara area, both in Tokyo).
Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Heather McDougal 2009
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