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):

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Proper noun

Yokohama

The 23 Wards of Tokyo (blue), Yokohama (red), Kawasaki (purple), Saitama (pink), Chiba (green).

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

Translations

capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

• Arabic: يُوكُوهَامَا f (yūkūhāmā), يُوكُوهَامَا f (yokohamā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橫濱 / 横滨 (zh) (Héngbīn)

• Esperanto: Jokohamo
• Finnish: Jokohama
• French: Yokohama (fr) f
• German: Yokohama (de) n
• Greek: Γιοκοχάμα (el) f (Giokocháma)
• Hebrew: יוקוהמה (yokohama)
• Hindi: योकोहामा (yokohāmā)
• Japanese: 横浜 (ja) (よこはま, Yokohama)
• Korean: 요코하마 (ko) (Yokohama), 요꼬하마 (Yokkohama) (North Korea)
• Macedonian: Јокоха́ма f (Jokoháma)
• Marathi: योकोहामा (yokohāmā)
• Polish: Jokohama (pl) f
• Russian: Иокога́ма (ru) f (Iokogáma), Йокоха́ма f (Jokoxáma) (rare)
• Spanish: Yokohama (es) f
• Thai: โยโกฮามะ (yoo-goo-haa-má)
• Ukrainian: Йокога́ма f (Jokoháma)
• Uyghur: يوكوخاما (yokoxama)
• Vietnamese: Yokohama (vi) (Anglicism), I-ô-cô-ha-ma, Hoành Tân (vi) (dated)

German

Alternative forms

• Jokohama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jokoˈhaːma/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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]

• 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)