Yokohama

[ yoh-kuh-hah-muh; Japanese yaw-kaw-hah-mah ]

noun

1. a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, on Tokyo Bay: destructive earthquake 1923.

Yokohama

/ ˌjəʊkəʊˈhɑːmə /

noun

1. a port in central Japan, on SE Honshu on Tokyo Bay: a major port and the country's second largest city situated in the largest and most populous industrial region of Japan. Pop: 3 433 612 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

They fell behind in the first half and endured scares throughout the night in Yokohama.

From Washington Post

British hammer thrower Taylor Campbell, who is currently in a training camp in Yokohama, says that it’s a good thing that cases are being highlighted early on.

From Time

While there, she first taught English in the Nagano Prefecture and then was hired on at a local school board in Yokohama.

From The Daily Beast

There you both disappeared, and I was told that Brown had gone to Yokohama.

From Project Gutenberg

Yokohama was a small fishing station when Commodore Perry called there in 1854.

From Project Gutenberg

That is Dr. Stopes, the learned geologist, said the hostess, and the Yokohama matron collapsed.

From Project Gutenberg

There was no possibility of getting to Yokohama even, and the Kobe express was snowed up for the day 10 miles from Tokio.

From Project Gutenberg

But at Yokohama, Blake hurried ashore in a sampan, met an agent who seemed to be awaiting him, and caught a train for Kobe.

From Project Gutenberg