Kyōto

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See also Kyoto, and kyōto

English

Etymology

From Japanese 京都 (kyōto, “capital”).

Proper noun

Kyōto

1. the former capital of Japan; now a prefecture on Honshū, Japan
   • 2007: Fodor's Tōkyō (page 270)

     The shogunate was overthrown in 1867 by supporters of Emperor Meiji. The following year, the emperor moved his court from Kyōto to Edo and renamed it Tōkyō: the Eastern Capital.

2. the city and Kyōto prefecture, Japan

Translations

Kyoto — see Kyoto

References

• Britannica: Kyōto (Japan)
• Britannica: Kyōto (prefecture, Japan)
• Encarta: Kyōto
• 2007, Alexis C. Kelly; Deborah Kaufman, Fodor's Tōkyō, Fodor's Travel (Random House), ISBN 978-1-4000-1780-5:

Anagrams

• Tokyo, Tōkyō