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The names of Japan's former and current capitals, Kyoto and Tokyo, appear to us to be made up of the same two elements reversed, but in fact they have only one element in common. The elements of Tō-kyō are old borrowings from Middle Chinese: tō means "east" and kyō means "capital," so together they mean "east(ern) capital." Chinese has another word for "capital," pronounced dū, whose Middle Chinese ancestor was borrowed into Japanese as to, "capital, large city." This is found in the name Kyoto, which was Japan's capital from 794 to 1192. The first part of Kyōto, kyō, is in fact the same word for "capital" found in Tokyo. Kyōto thus means "capital city."
its a city in Japan "To" means East, and "kyo" means Capital.
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Which of these cities are in the southern hemisphere Paris France- Tokyo- Lima Peru or Washington?
Lima, the capital of Peru, is in the southern hemisphere.
In what city of Japan does the emperor live?
Hirohito lived in Tokyo.
What is the name of tokyo's airport?
Narita International Airport (NRT).Or so a lot of people may think, because it was formally called "New Tokyo International Airport", but commonly called "Tokyo Narita". This airport is actually not located in Tokyo, but rather, in next-door Chiba Prefecture, in the city of Narita.The main airport IN Tokyo is Tokyo International Airport, or commonly called Haneda Airport (HND).
When did Tokyo became known as Tokyo?
1869, when the teenage Emperor Meiji moved the capital from Kyoto.
Tokyo's old name?
Edo Edo (literally: bay-door, "estuary") is the former name of Tokyo.
