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中京 [news1,nf12]
ちゅうきょう [news1,nf12]
1. [n]
▶ Nagoya (city)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2164620 名古屋 1. Nagoya (city)
2. [n]
▶ Chūkyō metropolitan area (most of Aichi, and parts of Gifu and Mie prefectures; centered around Nagoya)
▶ Chūkyō region
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2868835 中京圏 1. Chūkyō metropolitan area (most of Aichi, and parts of Gifu and Mie prefectures; centered around Nagoya); Chūkyō region



History:
5. A 2026-01-13 11:13:06  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
The JEs only mention Nagoya.
4. A* 2026-01-13 10:20:43  Sombrero1
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/中京

Most kokugos just write "名古屋市の通称", Sankoku hints at a broader meaning: 名古屋市(とその一帯)。

See 中京圏:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/中京圏
「明治時代の中期に、名古屋駅が東海道本線、中央本線、関西鉄道(現在の関西本線)など鉄道の拠点となると、名古屋市を中心とする経済圏が形成されて、愛知県・岐阜県・三重県の東海3県に跨る圏域を中京圏(名古屋圏)と称するようになった。」

[...]

「圏域には、愛知県全域(尾張・三河)、岐阜県南部(美濃)、三重県北部(北勢)が含まれている[2]。」

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chūkyō_metropolitan_area

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 中京  │ 665,719 │ 97.0% │
│ 中京圏 │  20,252 │  3.0% │
╰─ーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
Nipponica
  Comments:
>The Chukyo region refers to a broader area centered on Nagoya City, including parts of Aichi, Gifu, and Mie.

I don't strictly doubt that *中京* does, but you need to supply some references.
Not a single kokugo includes that sense.
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16,8 @@
-<gloss>Chukyo region (Aichi, Gifu, and Mie prefectures)</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2164620">名古屋</xref>
+<gloss>Nagoya (city)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2868835">中京圏</xref>
+<gloss>Chūkyō metropolitan area (most of Aichi, and parts of Gifu and Mie prefectures; centered around Nagoya)</gloss>
+<gloss>Chūkyō region</gloss>
3. A* 2026-01-11 12:18:46  Chase <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
The Chukyo region refers to a broader area centered on Nagoya City, including parts of Aichi, Gifu, and Mie.
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>Nagoya</gloss>
+<gloss>Chukyo region (Aichi, Gifu, and Mie prefectures)</gloss>
2. A 2019-06-01 23:46:12  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2019-06-01 16:44:35  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
aijs
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>Nagoya and environs</gloss>
+<gloss>Nagoya</gloss>

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