Kyōto

A form of Kyoto — A prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Kyoto: a prefecture of Japan.
  2. alternativeAlternative spelling of Kyoto: the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and the country's former capital.

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