Yokohama

English

Etymology

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

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌjəʊkəˈhɑːmə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌjoʊkəˈhɑmə/

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)
• 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 (Anglicism), I-ô-cô-ha-ma, Hoành Tân (dated)

German

Alternative forms

• Jokohama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jokoˈhaːma/

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)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Yokohama.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo.ko.ˈa.ma/

Proper noun

Yokohama f

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