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Type Political Subdivision & Settlement
Usage Japanese
Scripts 京都(Japanese Kanji) きょうと(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. KYO-TO  [key·IPA]
Other Forms FormsKyōto

Meaning & History

From Japanese 京都 (kyōto) meaning "capital city", itself borrowed from Middle Chinese. This is the name of a city in Japan, as well as the prefecture in which the city is located.
Added 9/6/2017 by Duchess_Noor
Edited 10/8/2021 by HL, Mike C, m4yb3_daijirou and more


See Also

User submission Kyōto