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Chi·ba

 (chē′bä′)
A city of east-central Honshu, Japan, on the northeast shore of Tokyo Bay. It is a manufacturing center.
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Chiba

(ˈtʃiːba)
n
(Placename) an industrial city in central Japan, in SE Honshu on Tokyo Bay. Pop: 880 164 (2002 est)
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Chi•ba

(ˈtʃiˈbɑ)

n.
a city on SE Honshu in central Japan, near Tokyo. 843,000.
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Translations
千葉
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in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, prompting a call to firefighters by a security guard but it turned out to require no firefighting operations.
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(EDS: ADDING INFO, COMPILING STORY HEADLINED 'UPDATE1: M6.3 quake jolts Chiba Prefecture, VICINITY' AND 'M5.5 quake jolts Nagano Prefecture in central Japan, vicinity')