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Yokohama|jəʊkəʊˈhɑːmə|
The name of a city in Japan, used as a specific epithet (see quots.); also as n. (ellipt.).
1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Yokohama Crape, this is a very fine, close make of Crape, otherwise known as Canton Crape... The Yokohama is the costliest of all descriptions of Crape, and the most durable in wear. 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 646/1 Long-tailed fowls, under the..names of Yokohama or Phœnix fowls, or Shinotawaro fowls, are..varieties recently introduced from Japan. 1910Ibid. (ed. 10) X. 227/1 A domesticated breed of jungle-fowl known as the ‘Japanese long-tailed fowls’ or as ‘Yokohamas’. |