Definition
长野 is a Japanese place name (Nagano), a city and prefecture in Japan known for its mountains and the 1998 Winter Olympics. In Chinese, it's used as a proper noun — you'll encounter it in travel, geography, or sports contexts. Unlike common nouns, it doesn't take classifiers or have grammatical variations.
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Nagano (Japanese city and prefecture)
Examples
- 长野。Wǒ míngnián xiǎng qù Cháng yě huáxuě.I want to go skiing in Nagano next year.
- 长野，。Cháng yě zài Rìběn hěn yǒumíng, yīnwèi nàlǐ yǒu shān.Nagano is famous in Japan because it has mountains.
- 长野。Yī jiǔ jiǔ bā nián de dōng'àohuì zài Cháng yě jǔxíng.The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in Nagano.
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