Tokio

See also: Tokió and Tô-ki-ô

English

Proper noun

Tokio

1. (obsolete) Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
   • 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 commonly used during the time of the Second World War.

Anagrams

• Kioto

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Czech

Proper noun

Tokio n

1. Tokyo (the capital of Japan)

Derived terms

• Tokijan
• Tokijec
• tokijský

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東京. 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, capital city of Japan

Derived terms

• van hier tot Tokio

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [toˈkio]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: To‧ki‧o

Proper noun

Tokio (accusative Tokion)

1. Tokyo (the capital city of Japan)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtokio/, [ˈt̪o̞k̟io̞]

Proper noun

Tokio

1. Tokyo

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 — —

Anagrams

• Kioto, kotio

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German

Alternative forms

• Tokyo

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Tokio n (proper noun, strong, genitive Tokios)

1. Tokyo (the capital of Japan)

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Italian

Proper noun

Tokio f

1. Alternative spelling of Tokyo

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Japanese

Romanization

Tokio

1. Rōmaji transcription of ときお

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (tōkyō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtoː.ki.oː/, [ˈt̪oːkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ki.o/, [ˈt̪ɔːkio]

Proper noun

Tōkiō ? (indeclinable)

1. (New Latin) Tokyo

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.kjɔ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Tokio n (indeclinable)

1. Tokyo, capital city of Japan

Derived terms

• (nouns) Tokijczyk, Tokijka
• (adjective) tokijski

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Tȍkio m (Cyrillic spelling То̏кио)

1. Tokyo, capital 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

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Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東京 (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”) + 京 (kjæng, “capital”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔkiɔ/

Proper noun

Tokio n (genitive singular Tokia, declension pattern of mesto)

1. Tokyo

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, 2024

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Spanish

Proper noun

Tokio m

1. Tokyo (the capital city of Japan)