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yokohama

/ˌjoʊkəˈhɑmə/

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What does yokohama mean?

proper noun

  1. The capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo.
  2. A town in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

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/ˌjoʊkəˈhɑmə/

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Compared, however, with a funeral which I saw in Hong-Kong, the Yokohama ceremony was solemnity in essence.
E. V. (Edward Verrall) LucasRoving East and Roving WestProject Gutenberg ebook #7237
“I offer you a hundred pounds per day, and an additional reward of two hundred pounds if I reach Yokohama in time.”
Jules VerneAround the World in Eighty DaysTranslated by George M. (George Makepeace) TowleProject Gutenberg ebook #103
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He saw gaol in Signapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Shanghai, Canton, and other places.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475
True, several Chinese banks of a private or official nature have been established, and some of them have been doing a fair business, but candor compels me to say that they are not conducted as scientifically as is the Yokohama Specie Bank, or most American banks.
Tingfang WuAmerica, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental DiplomatProject Gutenberg ebook #609
It was used for driving the immense piles required for the High Level Bridge at Newcastle, the great Border Bridge at Berwick-upon-tweed, the Docks at Tynemouth, the Docks at Birkenhead, the Docks at Grimsby, the new Westminster Bridge, the great bridge at Kief in Russia, the bridge at Petersburg, the forts at Cronstadt, the Embarrage of the Nile, at Yokohama in Japan, and at other places.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476