Tokyo
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 東京 (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), as opposed to Kyoto in the west, from Middle Chinese 東 (tuŋ, “east”) + 京 (kˠiæŋ, “capital”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtoʊ.ki.oʊ/, /ˈtoʊ.kjoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtəʊ.ki.əʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -əʊkiəʊ
Proper noun
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Tokyo
- A prefecture, the capital city of Japan.
- (metonymically) The Japanese government.
- 2017 June 8, Rotem Kowner, “When economics, strategy, and racial ideology meet: inter-Axis connections in the wartime Indian Ocean*”, in Journal of Global History, volume 12, number 2, Cambridge University Press, , page 231:
- Tokyo required certain military technologies and some raw materials that its main European ally already possessed, and also needed new markets for its Southeast Asian products in order to keep the local economies alive.
- 2022 July 1, The Japan Times Editorial Board, “Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan”, in The Japan Times[1], archived from the original on 01 July 2022, Editorials:
- Meanwhile, Japan must bolster its own defenses and substantially increase defense spending to meet new threats. Tokyo should swallow some of its suspicions and move more quickly to rebuild frayed ties with South Korea. It should make cooperation with the United States a cornerstone of its engagement throughout the Indo-Pacific and with NATO. It is a full agenda and there is no time to lose.
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See also
[edit]Country
Core City of Tokyo
Cities of Tokyo
Subprefectures of Tokyo
23 Special Wards of Tokyo
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[edit]Afrikaans
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- Alternative spelling of Tokio
Derived terms
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- Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)
French
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- Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)
German
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[edit]Tokyo n (proper noun, strong, genitive Tokyos)
- Alternative spelling of Tokio
Italian
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- landscape view of Tokyo
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 東京 (とうきょう, Tōkyō, literally “Eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”) + 京 (kjæng, “capital”).
Pronunciation
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- Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)
Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
[edit]From Japanese 東京 (とうきょう, Tōkyō, literally “Eastern capital”), from both Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”), from Old Japanese 東 (*pi1mukasi) + and from 京 (kjæng, “capital”), either from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-gaŋ (“hill, ridge, mountain”), or of Austroasiatic origin.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Tokyo
- Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Kantō, Japan)
- Tokyo er Japans økonomiske sentrum og midtpunkt i verdens største by- og industriregion.
- Tokyo is Japan's economic center and center of the world's largest urban and industrial region.
References
[edit]- “Tokyo” in Store norske leksikon
Swedish
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[edit]Tokyo n (genitive Tokyos)
- Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Japanese
- English terms derived from Middle Chinese
- English 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/əʊkiəʊ
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- en:Prefectures of Japan
- en:Cities in Japan
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- en:Places in Japan
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔkjo
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- it:Places in Japan
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Japanese
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Japanese
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɪʊ
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- nb:Tokyo
- nb:Prefectures of Japan
- nb:Cities in Japan
- nb:Regional capitals
- nb:Places in Japan
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- nb:National capitals
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- sv:Tokyo
- sv:Prefectures of Japan
- sv:Cities in Japan
- sv:National capitals
- sv:Places in Japan