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Yo⋅ko⋅ha⋅ma

[yoh-kuh-hah-muh; Japn. yaw-kaw-hah-mah]
–noun
a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, on Tokyo Bay: destructive earthquake 1923. 2,773,822.
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Yo·ko·ha·ma   (yō'kə-hä'mə, yô'kô-hä'mä)   
A city of southeast Honshu, Japan, on the western shore of Tokyo Bay. Almost entirely destroyed by an earthquake and fire in 1923, it was quickly rebuilt and modernized and is now a leading port and industrial center. Population: 3,600,000.
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