Tōkyō

See also: tokyō, tōkyo, tōkyō, Tokyo, and Tôkyô

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 東京 (tōkyō), with the macron ō used to emphasise that they are a long vowel, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 東 (tung "east") + 京 (kjæng "capital").

Proper noun

Tōkyō

1. a prefecture and de-facto capital of Japan
   • 1990: The languages of Japan (page 122)

     While this appears to be the case with many modern dialect systems, there is considerable debate as to whether the Kyōto-Ōsaka system, which makes more distinctions, is older or newer than the Tōkyō system.

   • 2007: Fodor's Tōkyō (page 12)

     Tōkyō commands a prominent position in the Kantō region on the southern cost of Honshū, Japan's largest island.

   • 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.

Translations

Tokyo — see Tokyo

References

• Kelly, Alexis C. with Deborah Kaufman (2007) Fodor's Tōkyō, Fodor's Travel (Random House), →ISBN
• Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams

• Kyoto, Kyōto

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Japanese

Romanization

Tōkyō

1. Rōmaji transcription of とうきょう