Shinano may refer to:
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Shinano, Nagano, a town in Nagano prefecture, Japan
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Shinano River, the longest river in Japan
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Shinano Province
or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture.
Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The ancient capital was located near modern-day Matsumoto, whi ...
, one of the old provinces of Japan (
Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...
now)
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Japanese aircraft carrier ''Shinano'', an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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Shinano (train) named after the province of old Japan
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''Shinano Maru'' (1900), armed merchantman of the Battle of Tsushima
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Shinano Kenshi
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