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Okayama

American  
[aw-kah-yah-mah] / ˈɔ kɑˈyɑ mɑ /

noun

  1. a city on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.


Okayama British  
/ ˌɒkəˈjɑːmə /

noun

  1. a city in SW Japan, on W Honshu on the Inland Sea. Pop: 621 809 (2002 est)

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The 23-year-old from Okayama, who won the 2023 Open de France on the DP World Tour, has been stepping it up in pursuit of a first US PGA Tour title.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Lottie Woad shot a level-par first round to lie five shots off the Women's Open lead jointly held by Japanese duo Eri Okayama and Rio Takeda.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

With this in mind, Chao recommends grabbing mochi at the long-standing confectionery Fugetsu-do and fluffy Japanese white bread at Okayama Kobo Bakery.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Recently, researchers from Okayama University, Japan, investigated how pheromones, important chemical signals that affect foraging and reproduction, might influence death-feigning behavior in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.

From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023

And in the same year Mr. O'Hara, one of the wealthiest and most philanthropic men of Okayama, announced his plan of opening a high-grade agricultural school for poor boys of that prefecture.

From Working Women of Japan by Gulick, Sidney Lewis

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