Kyoto
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 京都 (Kyōto, literally “capital city”), from Middle Chinese 京都 (kjæng-tu, “capital (of a country)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkjoʊtoʊ/, /kiˈjoʊtoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Kyoto
- A prefecture of Japan.
- The capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and the country's former capital.
- (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
[edit]Kyōto, Japan
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See also
[edit]- (prefectures of Japan) Japan; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaidō, Hyōgo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kōchi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Ōita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi
Further reading
[edit]- Kyoto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Kyoto Protocol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kyoto
- 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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