Kyoto Definition

kē-ōtō, kyō-
pronoun

A city in Japan on the island of Honshu that once served as Japan’s capital.

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The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -- An amendment to the international treaty on climate change, assigning mandatory targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to signatory nations.

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The former capital of Japan; now a prefecture on Honshū, Japan.

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The city and Kyōto prefecture, Japan.

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Origin of Kyoto

  • From Japanese 京都 (kyōto, “capital”), from Middle Chinese 京都 (kjæng-tu, “capital [of a country]”) (compare Mandarin 京都 (jīngdū)).

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  • From Japanese 京都 (kyōto, “capital”), from Middle Chinese 京都 (kjæng-tu "capital (of a country)").

    From Wiktionary

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