Yokohama

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 横浜(よこはま) (Yokohama).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌjəʊkəˈhɑːmə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌjoʊkəˈhɑmə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Yokohama

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

Translations

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Yokohama n (proper noun, strong, genitive Yokohamas)

  1. Yokohama (the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Romanization

Yokohama

  1. Rōmaji transcription of よこはま

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yokohama f

  1. Yokohama (the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
    • 2014, Venceslau de Morais, Paisagens da China e do Japão, Projecto Adamastor, →ISBN, page 97:
      O shogun, generalíssimo do imperador, com residência em Yedo, assinara por conta própria tratados de amizade e de comércio com a América e com a Europa, e os estrangeiros, em Yokohama, pisavam já afoitamente o solo japonês.
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Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ʝokoˈxama/ [ɟ͡ʝo.koˈxa.ma] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ʃokoˈxama/ [ʃo.koˈxa.ma] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ʒokoˈxama/ [ʒo.koˈxa.ma] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: Yo‧ko‧ha‧ma

Proper noun

Yokohama f

  1. Yokohama (the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
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