Tōkyō

See also: tokyō, tōkyo, tōkyō, Tokyo, and Tôkyô

English

Proper noun

Tōkyō

1. Alternative spelling of Tokyo
   • 1990, Masayoshi Shibatani, The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 122:

     While this appears to be the case with many modern dialect systems, there is considerable debate as to whether the Kyōto-Ōsaka system, which makes more distinctions, is older or newer than the Tōkyō system.

   • 2007, Alexis C. Kelly with Deborah Kaufman, Fodor's Tōkyō, Fodor's Travel (Random House), →ISBN, page 12:

     Tōkyō commands a prominent position in the Kantō region on the southern cost of Honshū, Japan's largest island.

Anagrams

• Kyoto, Kyōto

Japanese

Romanization

Tōkyō

1. (Hepburn) Rōmaji transcription of とうきょう