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 domain of the street itself, the public right of way, it's a multidepartmental domain," notes Craig Weber, principal city planner at the Department of City Planning.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2019
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
The republic, of which it is the principal city, has seven thousand miles of telegraphic wire within its area, a tangible evidence of enterprise which requires no comment.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
