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Nagoya

na·goya

US/nʌˈɡɔɪʌ/ uncommon

noun

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 名古屋(なごや) (Nagoya). The Indonesian district was nicknamed "Nagoya" by Japanese workers from Taisei Corporation who were working on a construction project in Batam in the 1970s.

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