Meanings
- A late medieval name for Kyoto, a city of Japan.
The greateſt and wealtheiſt ſtands divided into three and fifty Provinces, or petty Kingdoms, the chief City call'd Meaco, gives in denomination to that Iſle.
1670, Atlas Japannensis: Being Remarkable Addresses by Way of Embassy ... from the East-India Company ... to the Emperor of Japan1 more example
So on the thriteenth of June in the Year 1585, having reciv'd theſe ſeveral Bounties, and Benedictions from his Holineſs, they departed, and travelling through Italy and other Lands, much toſs'd and turmoil'd by Sea, ſpending five years abroard, they Landed at Nangeʃaque in Japan, and from thence went directly to the Emperors Court at Meaco.
1670, Atlas Japannensis: Being Remarkable Addresses by Way of Embassy ... from the East-India Company ... to the Emperor of Japan - broadlyThe entire island of Honshu, of which it was the capital.
Origin
- Japanese都“capital”
- EnglishMeaco
Borrowed from Japanese 都 (miyako, “capital”), as the city was formerly the capital of Japan.
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French Meaco
- Meacomedieval name for Kyoto
Latin Meacum, Meacum
- Meacummedieval name for Kyoto
- Meacummedieval name for Honshu
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Cite this entry
Meaco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meaco
“Meaco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meaco. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Meaco,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meaco.
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