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Tokyo.

A prefecture and capital city of Japan.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈtoʊ.ki.oʊ/General-American/ˈtoʊk.joʊ/General-American/ˈtəʊ.ki.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation

  1. A prefecture and capital city of Japan.

  2. The Japanese government.

    metonymically
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), as opposed to Kyoto in the west, from Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”) + 京 (kjaeng, “capital”).

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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.