Yokohama

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

/ ˌyoʊ kəˈhɑ mə; Japanese ˈyɔ kɔˈhɑ mɑ /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Yokohama

yokefellow, yoke front, yokel, yoker, Yokkaichi, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Yokozuna, Yokuts, Yolande, yoldring

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How to use Yokohama in a sentence

They fell behind in the first half and endured scares throughout the night in Yokohama.
The U.S. women’s soccer team has teetered in these Olympics. In the shootout, it didn’t flinch.|Steven Goff|July 30, 2021|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.
How Tokyo Olympics Officials Are Working to Keep Athletes on the Field Even as Infections Pile Up|Amy Gunia|July 21, 2021|Time
While there, she first taught English in the Nagano Prefecture and then was hired on at a local school board in Yokohama.
Secret Lives of Admissions Officers|Kathleen Kingsbury|December 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
There you both disappeared, and I was told that Brown had gone to Yokohama.
Boy Scouts in the Philippines|G. Harvey Ralphson

Yokohama was a small fishing station when Commodore Perry called there in 1854.
Some Cities and San Francisco and Resurgam|Hubert Howe Bancroft
That is Dr. Stopes, the learned geologist, said the hostess, and the Yokohama matron collapsed.
A Journal from Japan|Marie Carmichael Stopes
There was no possibility of getting to Yokohama even, and the Kobe express was snowed up for the day 10 miles from Tokio.
A Journal from Japan|Marie Carmichael Stopes
But at Yokohama, Blake hurried ashore in a sampan, met an agent who seemed to be awaiting him, and caught a train for Kobe.
The Shadow|Arthur Stringer

British Dictionary definitions for Yokohama

Yokohama

/ (ˌjəʊkəʊˈhɑːmə) /

noun

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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