Wakayama

[ wah-kah-yah-mah ]

noun

1. a seaport on S Honshu, in S Japan.

Wakayama

/ ˌwækəˈjɑːmə /

noun

1. an industrial city in S Japan, on S Honshu. Pop: 391 008 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

At the turn of the century, Wakayama and his team showed it’s possible to freeze-dry sperm for reproduction.

From Singularity Hub 

Years ago, Wakayama went on a crusade to push the limits of cell storage.

From Singularity Hub 

Long-term experiments with mouse eggs are challenging because, unlike freeze-dried sperm, the eggs must be stored at temperatures of about –196° Celsius and the freezers on the International Space Station don’t get that cold, Wakayama says.

From Science News

Hiroo Onoda was born on March 19 1922 at the village of Kamekawa in the Wakayama prefecture of south Japan.

From The Daily Beast

The most southerly area of Wakayama in Niphon yields the best cotton of Japan.

From Project Gutenberg