English

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

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 978-1-4000-1780-5

Anagrams

• Tokyo, Tōkyō

Japanese

Romanization

Kyōto

1. rōmaji reading of きょうと

Japanese

Romanization

kyōto

1. rōmaji reading of きょうと