Tokyo

== English == === Alternative forms === Tokio (obsolete) Tōkyō, Tôkyô (romanization of Japanese) === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), as opposed to Kyoto in the west, from Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”) + 京 (kjaeng, “capital”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtoʊ.ki.oʊ/, /ˈtoʊk.joʊ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtəʊ.ki.əʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊkiəʊ === Proper noun === Tokyo A prefecture and capital city of Japan. (metonymic) The Japanese government. ==== Synonyms ==== (historical) Edo, Yedo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === Kyoto, Kyōto == Afrikaans == === Proper noun === Tokyo alternative spelling of Tokio ==== Derived terms ==== Tokyoïet Tokyoos == Danish == === Proper noun === Tokyo Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan) == French == === Alternative forms === Tōkyō Tôkyô === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /to.kjo/ === Proper noun === Tokyo m Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan) == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoːki̯o/, [ˈtoː.ki.o], [-.kjo] === Proper noun === Tokyo n (proper noun, strong, genitive Tokyos) alternative spelling of Tokio == Italian == === Alternative forms === Tokio === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 東京 (とうきょう, Tōkyō, literally “Eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”) + 京 (kjæng, “capital”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.kjo/ Rhymes: -ɔkjo Hyphenation: Tò‧kyo === Proper noun === Tokyo f Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈtuːkɪʊ/ Rhymes: -ɪʊ Hyphenation: To‧kyo === Proper noun === Tokyo Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Kantō, Japan) === References === “Tokyo” in Store norske leksikon == Swedish == === Proper noun === Tokyo n (genitive Tokyos) Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan) === Anagrams === koyot