It reads なごやし — Nagoya Shi.
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Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3 million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11 million. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and most populous city of Aichi Prefecture, with the Port of Nagoya being Japan's largest seaport.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Nagoya.
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名古屋市 is read なごやし (Nagoya Shi). It is a city in Aichi Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Nagoya has a population of 2,326,844 across 326 km², making it the 3rd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 1st largest of the 50 in Aichi.
The closest municipalities to Nagoya are Kiyosu Shi (5 km), Toyoyama Cho (7 km), Kitanagoya Shi (8 km).