Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yokosuka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: yoko-su-ka
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

name

Ellipsis of United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka, a US naval base in the city.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 横(よこ)須(す)賀(か) (Yokosuka).

Questions

What does yokosuka mean?: A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Where does yokosuka come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 横(よこ)須(す)賀(か) (Yokosuka).

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