principal city
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An ardent Japanese nationalist, Takaichi was born in Nara, a prefecture famous for the sacred deer that draw thousands of tourists to its principal city each year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025
Eight of the top 10 have home values higher than in their nearby principal city, and in seven of those markets, the typical home value is more than $150,000.
From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022
The group of migrants, including many women and children, set out early from Ciudad Hidalgo at the Mexico-Guatemala border and was headed for Tapachula, the principal city in the region.
From Fox News • Jun. 7, 2019
Seattle is today the principal city in the state partly because 120 years ago it continued to support its business class, socially and politically.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2018
The principal city of Cnossus exhibited also a high state of civilization, as shown in the ruins discovered by recent explorers in the island of Crete.
From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)
