Kyōto
See also: Kyoto, kyōto, and kyōtō
English
Etymology
From Japanese 京都 (kyōto, “capital”), from Middle Chinese 京都 (kjæng-tu, “capital [of a country]”) (compare Mandarin 京都 (jīngdū)).
Proper noun
Kyōto
- 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.
- 2007: Fodor's Tōkyō (page 270)
- The city and Kyōto prefecture, Japan.
Translations
Kyoto — see Kyoto
References
- Britannica: Kyōto (Japan)
- Britannica: Kyōto (prefecture, Japan)
- Encarta: Kyōto
- Kelly, Alexis C.; Deborah Kaufman (2007) Fodor's Tōkyō, Fodor's Travel (Random House), →ISBN
Anagrams
- Tokyo, Tôkyô, Tōkyō
Japanese
Romanization
Kyōto
- Rōmaji transcription of きょうと