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Kyoto.

A prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈkjoʊtoʊ/General-American/kiˈjoʊtoʊ/General-American

  1. A prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.

  2. The capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan; and the country's former capital.

  3. The Kyoto Protocol.

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.