Yokohama

American  

[yoh-kuh-hah-muh, yaw-kaw-hah-mah] / ˌjoʊ kəˈhɑ mə, ˈjɔ kɔˈhɑ mɑ /

noun

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

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Yokohama British  

/ 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)

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Yokohama

Japan's Shin Miidera, a 16-year-old attacker playing for partner club Yokohama F. Marinos, is another CFG are monitoring very closely.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Researchers at Yokohama National University in Japan have identified a previously unknown species of marine fungus capable of killing harmful algae that form toxic blooms.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026

Ryunosuke “Ryui” Wada, an 18-year-old from Yokohama, Japan, has come to Pasadena, Calif., to ply his trade as a woodworker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

And Yokohama ably depicts a privileged young man who rightly views his good fortune as both blessing and curse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

While he had fewer tattoos than his companion, they were more elaborate—not the self-inflicted work of an amateur but epics of the art contrived by Honolulu and Yokohama masters.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote