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Gifu (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 27 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.4500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 136 46 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 136.7667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was a castle town in medieval Japan; captured by Oda Nobunaga 1564; was often site of civil unrest before 1600; famous for cormorant fishing on the Nagara. |
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| Gifu (preferred,C,V,O,Japanese (transliterated)-P)
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| Gihu (C,V,Japanese (transliterated))
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| Gifushi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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| Gifu-shi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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| ギフシ (C,U,Japanese)
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| ギフ (C,U,Japanese)
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| ぎふ (C,U,Japanese)
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| 岐阜 (C,U,Japanese)
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| ぎふし (C,U,Japanese)
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| 岐阜市 (C,U,Japanese-P)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Gifu (prefecture) (P) |
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Gifu (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was important medieval center |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces paper umbrellas, fans & napkins |
| fishing community (C) |
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