Kyōto

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

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
• Kelly, Alexis C.; Deborah Kaufman (2007) Fodor's Tōkyō, Fodor's Travel (Random House), →ISBN

Anagrams

• Tokyo, Tôkyô, Tōkyō

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Japanese

Romanization

Kyōto

1. Rōmaji transcription of きょうと