Submitted Place Name Revision History

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3/9/2020, 1:39 AM Mike C
7/11/2015, 6:59 AM m4yb3_daijirou
1/25/2015, 6:31 AM m4yb3_daijirou Added hiragana and katakana for Yokosuka
1/23/2015, 1:02 PM m4yb3_daijirou

Name Yokosuka
Type Settlement
Usage Japanese
Scripts 横須賀 (kanji), よこすか (hiragana), ヨコスカ (katakana)
Pronounced Pron. YO-KO-SKAH
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

This is from a place in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture in the east of the country. The kanji that make up Yokosuka are 横 (ou, yoko) meaning "horizontal, side, sideways, width, woof", 須 (shu, su, subekara.ku, subeshi, hige, matsu, machi.iru, mato.meru) meaning "by all means, necessarily, ought" and 賀 (ga, ka) meaning "congratulations, joy."

Yokosuka is also used as a surname.
Added 1/23/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou