Tokio

See also: Tokió, Tōkiō, and Tô-ki-ô

English

Proper noun

Tokio

1. Obsolete spelling of Tokyo.
   • 1882, William Elliot Griffis, “Preface”, in Corea: The Hermit Nation‎^[1], New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, page vii‎^[2]:

     I also thank Mr. Charles Lanman, Secretary of the Legation of Japan in Washington, for four ferrotypes taken in Seoul in 1878 by members of the Japanese embassy ; Mr. D. R. Clark, of the United States Transit of Venus Survey, for four photographs of the Corean villages in Russian Manchuria ; Mr. R. Idéura, of Tōkiō, for a set of photographs of Kang-wa and vicinity, taken in 1876, and Mr. Ozawa Nankoku, for sketches of Corean articles in Japanese museums.

   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:

     […] and making him think of those pallid jade-faced painters of Tokio who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness of motion.

Usage notes

• This spelling was more common in the 1870s and 1880s but had been overtaken by Tokyo the 1890s.

Anagrams

• Kioto

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• Tokyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”).

Proper noun

Tokio

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Derived terms

• Tokioïet
• Tokioos

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tokio

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東京 (tuwng kjaeng, literally “eastern capital”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtokɪjo]
• Rhymes: -ɪjo
• Hyphenation: To‧kio

Proper noun

Tokio n (relational adjective tokijský, demonym Tokijan or Tokijec)

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Declension

Declension of Tokio (sg-only semisoft neuter)

	singular
nominative	Tokio
genitive	Tokia
dative	Tokiu
accusative	Tokio
vocative	Tokio
locative	Tokiu
instrumental	Tokiem

Further reading

• “Tokio”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Tokio”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Tokio”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”). First attested in the 1870s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoːkiˌ(j)oː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: To‧ki‧o

Proper noun

Tokio n

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Derived terms

• van hier tot Tokio

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東京 (tuwng kjaeng, literally “eastern capital”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈkio/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: To‧ki‧o

Proper noun

Tokio (accusative Tokion)

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Further reading

• “Tokio”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020
• “toki”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtokio/, [ˈt̪o̞k̟io̞]
• Rhymes: -okio
• Syllabification^(key): To‧ki‧o
• Hyphenation^(key): To‧kio

Proper noun

Tokio

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Declension

Inflection of Tokio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		Tokio	—
genitive		Tokion	—
partitive		Tokiota	—
illative		Tokioon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Tokio	—
accusative	nom.	Tokio	—
	gen.	Tokion
genitive		Tokion	—
partitive		Tokiota	—
inessive		Tokiossa	—
elative		Tokiosta	—
illative		Tokioon	—
adessive		Tokiolla	—
ablative		Tokiolta	—
allative		Tokiolle	—
essive		Tokiona	—
translative		Tokioksi	—
abessive		Tokiotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Tokio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tokioni — accusative nom. Tokioni — gen. Tokioni genitive Tokioni — partitive Tokiotani — inessive Tokiossani — elative Tokiostani — illative Tokiooni — adessive Tokiollani — ablative Tokioltani — allative Tokiolleni — essive Tokionani — translative Tokiokseni — abessive Tokiottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tokiosi — accusative nom. Tokiosi — gen. Tokiosi genitive Tokiosi — partitive Tokiotasi — inessive Tokiossasi — elative Tokiostasi — illative Tokioosi — adessive Tokiollasi — ablative Tokioltasi — allative Tokiollesi — essive Tokionasi — translative Tokioksesi — abessive Tokiottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tokiomme — accusative nom. Tokiomme — gen. Tokiomme genitive Tokiomme — partitive Tokiotamme — inessive Tokiossamme — elative Tokiostamme — illative Tokioomme — adessive Tokiollamme — ablative Tokioltamme — allative Tokiollemme — essive Tokionamme — translative Tokioksemme — abessive Tokiottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tokionne — accusative nom. Tokionne — gen. Tokionne genitive Tokionne — partitive Tokiotanne — inessive Tokiossanne — elative Tokiostanne — illative Tokioonne — adessive Tokiollanne — ablative Tokioltanne — allative Tokiollenne — essive Tokionanne — translative Tokioksenne — abessive Tokiottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Tokionsa — accusative nom. Tokionsa — gen. Tokionsa genitive Tokionsa — partitive Tokiotaan Tokiotansa — inessive Tokiossaan Tokiossansa — elative Tokiostaan Tokiostansa — illative Tokioonsa — adessive Tokiollaan Tokiollansa — ablative Tokioltaan Tokioltansa — allative Tokiolleen Tokiollensa — essive Tokionaan Tokionansa — translative Tokiokseen Tokioksensa — abessive Tokiottaan Tokiottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• tokiolainen

Anagrams

• Kioto, kotio

German

Alternative forms

• Tokyo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoːki̯o/, [ˈtoː.ki.o], [-.kjo]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Tokio n (proper noun, genitive Tokios or (optionally with an article) Tokio)

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Derived terms

• Tokioer
• Tokioter

Further reading

• “Tokio” in Duden online
• “Tokio” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.kjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔkjo
• Hyphenation: Tò‧kio

Proper noun

Tokio f

1. alternative spelling of Tokyo

Japanese

Romanization

Tokio

1. Rōmaji transcription of ときお

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtoː.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɔː.ki.o]

Proper noun

Tōkiō ? (indeclinable)

1. (New Latin) Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Synonyms

• Tōkium
• Iendum

Polish

Tokio

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東京.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.kjɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔkjɔ
• Syllabification: To‧kio

Proper noun

Tokio n (indeclinable, related adjective tokijski)

1. Tokyo (the capital and largest city of Japan)
2. Tokyo (the capital and largest city of Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
3. Tokyo (a prefecture of Japan)

Derived terms

nouns

• tokijczyk
• tokijka

Further reading

• Tokio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Tokio in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Tokio in PWN's encyclopedia

Anagrams

• Kioto

Romanian

Proper noun

Tokio n

1. Tokyo

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tôkio/

Proper noun

Tȍkio m inan (Cyrillic spelling То̏кио)

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Declension

Declension of Tokio

	singular
nominative	Tȍkio
genitive	Tȍkija
dative	Tokiju
accusative	Tokio
vocative	Tokio
locative	Tokiju
instrumental	Tokiom

Derived terms

• tòkījskī
• Tokíjac / Tòkījka

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東京 (tuwng kjaeng, literally “eastern capital”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔkiɔ]

Proper noun

Tokio n (relational adjective tokijský, demonym Tokijčan, female demonym Tokijčanka)

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Declension

Declension of Tokio

	singulare tantum
nominative	Tokio
genitive	Tokia
dative	Tokiu
accusative	Tokio
locative	Tokiu
instrumental	Tokiom

Related terms

• Tokijčan, Tokijčanka
• tokijský

Further reading

• “Tokio”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̀ːkiɔ/

Proper noun

Tókio m inan

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Tókio
genitive	Tókia
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Tókio
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Tókia
dative (dajȃlnik)	Tókiu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Tókio
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Tókiu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Tókiom

Related terms

• Tókijčan / Tókijčanka
• tókijški

Further reading

• “Tokio”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Tokio”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtokjo/ [ˈt̪o.kjo]
• Rhymes: -okjo
• Syllabification: To‧kio

Proper noun

Tokio m

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Derived terms

• tokiota

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tokio

1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)