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

He had already sailed to Japan seven times and he knew the two- or three-week passage from Vancouver to Yokohama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Ronaldo's second-half double proved decisive as Brazil saw off Germany in the Yokohama showpiece - no-one in the stadium would have banked on the Selecao not winning another World Cup since.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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

Seaports were his heart’s delight—crowded, clanging, ship-clogged, sewage-scented cities, like Yokohama, where as an American Army private he’d spent a summer during the Korean War.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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