Kyoto

See also: kyōto, kyōtō, Kyōto, and Kyôto

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 京(きょう)都(と) (Kyōto, literally “capital city”), from Middle Chinese 京都 (kjæng-tu, “capital (of a country)”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkjoʊtoʊ/, /kiˈjoʊtoʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Kyoto

  2. A prefecture of Japan.
  4. The capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and the country's former capital.
  5. (international law) The Kyoto Protocol.
    • 2013, Stewart Lockie, David A. Sonnenfeld, Dana R. Fisher, Routledge International Handbook of Social and Environmental Change, Routledge, →ISBN, page 112:
      The merits and limitations of Kyoto have been subject to great discussion. Some criticize the regime for being too top-down, wasteful and infective as a means of tacking climate change (Prins and Rayner 2007; Victor 2001).

Translations

See also

prefectures of Japanedit

Further reading

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Kyoto ?

  1. alternative spelling of Quioto
    • 2015, Jo Takahashi, Izakaya: Por dentro dos botecos japoneses, Editora Melhoramentos, →ISBN, page 27:
      No século VIII, o Palácio Imperial em Heiankyo, atual Kyoto, passou a admitir trabalhadores para produzir o saquê. Assim, era mantido o controle de toda a produção da bebida para as oferendas religiosas, para as festividades e para o consumo da corte. Na época, o saquê era de uso restrito da corte imperial.
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