Sapporo

[ suh-pawr-oh, -pohr-oh; Japanese sah-paw-raw ]

noun
  1. a city on W Hokkaido, in N Japan.

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How to use Sapporo in a sentence

  • In one district, only fifteen miles from the capital, they are so bad that rice is at half the price it makes in Sapporo.

    The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson Scott
  • Up in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaido, we were entertained by a beautiful Japanese woman.

British Dictionary definitions for Sapporo

Sapporo

/ (ˈsɑːpəʊˌrəʊ) /


noun
  1. a city in N Japan, on W Hokkaido: commercial centre; university (1918). Pop: 1 822 992 (2002 est)

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