Yamagata may refer to:
Places
Japan
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Yamagata Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region on Honshu island
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Yamagata, Yamagata, the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture
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Yamagata Airport (IATA code GAJ), an airport located in Yamagata
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Yamagata Shinkansen, one of Shinkansen lines running between Tokyo Station and Shinjo Station
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Yamagata Station, the main train station of Yamagata City
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Yamagata (ski jump hill)
The is the largest ski resort in Tōhoku region, Japan, operated by .
The resort is mostly famous for its ski slopes in winter, but trekking is also popular sports in summer season.
Ski resort
This resort spreads out in range of and consists o ...
, an FIS-certified hill at Yamagata Zao Onsen Ski Resort
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Yamagata, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture
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Yamagata, Nagano
is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 8,726 in 3071 households, and a population density of 333 persons per km². The total area of the village is .
Geography
Yamagata is located in the c ...
, a village in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Japan
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Yamagata, Iwate
was a village located in Kunohe District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
The village of Yamagata was created on April 1, 1889 within Kita-Kunohe District with the establishment of the municipality system. Kita-Kunohe District and Minami-Kunohe Dist ...
, a village in Iwate Prefecture
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Yamagata District, Hiroshima
is a district located in northwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 29,978 and a density of 30.34 persons per km2. The total area is 988.11 km2.
Towns and villages
* Akiōta: founded ...
, a district in Hiroshima Prefecture
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Yamagata District, Gifu, a former district of Gifu Prefecture
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Yamagata, Ibaraki, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture
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Yamagata Domain, a Japanese feudal domain in Dewa Province
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Yamagata Castle
is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the center of the city of Yamagata, eastern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Yamagata Castle was the headquarters for the ''daimyō'' of Yamagata Domain. The castle was also ...
, a castle in Japan
Elsewhere
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Yamagata Ridge Yamagata Ridge () is a narrow linear nunatak, 3 miles (4.8 km) long and rising to 1690 m, located 5 miles (8 km) west of Seay Peak in the N-central part of Finger Ridges, Cook Mountains. Named after Noboru Yamagata, Institute of Public H ...
, a nunatak in Oates Land, Antarctica
Other uses
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Yamagata (surname) Yamagata (written: 山形, 山像, 山片 or 山縣) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922), Japanese military leader and politician
*Yamagata Bantō (1748–1821), Japanese scholar and merc ...
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7039 Yamagata
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube.
As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, s ...
, a main-belt asteroid
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Montedio Yamagata
is Japanese professional association football club based in Tendo, Yamagata. The club plays in J2 League.
Montedio is a coined word combining the Italian word for "mountain" (Monte) and the word for "God" (Dio).
History
The club based in T ...
, a J. League club based in Yamagata Prefecture
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Yamagata (Akira)
is a Japanese cyberpunk Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was serialized biweekly in Kodansha's Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Magazine'' fr ...
, a fictional character in the anime film ''Akira''
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Yamagata dialect
The is the local dialect spoken in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It is a form of Tōhoku-ben, and can be broken down into sub-regional branches that vary from area to area within Yamagata. Dialects in Yamagata Prefecture are roughly divided into ...
, the local dialect spoken in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
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B/Yamagata, lineage of ''Betainfluenzavirus''
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