Yokohama
[yoh-kuh-hah-muh; Japanese yaw-kaw-hah-mah]
- a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, on Tokyo Bay: destructive earthquake 1923.
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Contemporary Examples of yokohama
While there, she first taught English in the Nagano Prefecture and then was hired on at a local school board in Yokohama.
Historical Examples of yokohama
Transfer him to Constantinople, or, better still, to Yokohama.
The Minister of EvilWilliam Le Queux
"And he left Manila on a boat bound for Yokohama," Frank added.
Boy Scouts in the PhilippinesG. Harvey Ralphson
There you both disappeared, and I was told that Brown had gone to Yokohama.
Boy Scouts in the PhilippinesG. Harvey Ralphson
I pay rent on a room in Cairo, Egypt, and another in Yokohama all the year around.
The Four MillionO. Henry
To hasten the sale he had shipped “Roddy” straight from the machine-shops to Yokohama.
The White MiceRichard Harding Davis
Yokohama
- 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)
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