Yokosuka

American  

[yoh-kuh-soo-kuh, yuh-koos-kuh, yaw-kaw-soo-kah] / ˌyoʊ kəˈsu kə, yəˈkʊs kə, ˈyɔ kɔˈsu kɑ /

noun

1. a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, on Tokyo Bay: naval base.

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Yokosuka British  

/ ˌjəʊkəʊˈsuːkə /

noun

1. a port in Japan, in SE Honshu: a major naval base with shipbuilding industries. Pop: 434 613 (2002 est)

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Example Sentences

Navy base at Yokosuka, home to the Seventh Fleet and a forward-deployed aircraft carrier.

From The Wall Street Journal

Faced with labour shortages, Yokosuka City in Kanagawa prefecture has starting using AI chatbot ChatGPT to help with administrative tasks such as transcribing and summarising meetings.

From BBC

Alkonis, stationed at the Yokosuka naval base south of Tokyo, was just the latest American serviceman to run into legal troubles.

From BBC

In May 2021, Lieutenant Alkonis, who was stationed at the Yokosuka naval base south of Tokyo, was driving a Toyota vehicle after visiting Mount Fuji with his wife and three children.

From New York Times

In the past, Pacific-based carrier groups normally return to their home port in Yokosuka, Japan for rest and repair after similar deployments.

From Washington Times