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YOKOHAMA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Yokohama" is a part of...):

Hondo; Honshu (the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland)

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)

Credits

 Context examples: 

“And when shall we arrive at Yokohama?” she asked, turning to him and looking him squarely in the eyes.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)