Kyoto
US/ˈkjoʊtoʊ/
Kyoto proper noun: a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.
Proper noun
Kyoto
- A prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.
- The capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan; and the country's former capital.
- The aversion to public displays of eating persists today not only in Kyoto but also throughout the higher levels of Japanese society.1987 June 7, Amanda Mayer Stinchecum, “Shopper's World: Osaka's Flavorful Feast of Noodles”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 May 2017
- The Kyoto Protocol.
- 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).2013, Stewart Lockie, David A. Sonnenfeld, Dana R. Fisher, Routledge International Handbook of Social and Environmental Change, Routledge, →ISBN, page 112
Kyoto meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Kyoto in Hindi
- Kyōto, Japan
- क्योटो kyoṭo, क्योतो kyoto
Kyoto in Marathi
- Kyōto, Japan
- क्योटो kyoṭo, क्योतो kyoto
Kyoto in Urdu
- Kyōto, Japan
- کیوتو kyoto
Kyoto in Bengali
- Kyōto, Japan
- কিওটো kiōṭō
More languagesFewer languages
- Kyoto in Punjabi
- ਕਿਓਤੋ kioto
- Kyoto in Arabic
- كِيُوتُو kiyūtū
- Kyoto in Indonesian
- Kyoto
- Kyoto in Persian
- کیوتو keyūtū
- Kyoto in Thai
- เกียวโต giao-dtoo
- Kyoto in Vietnamese
- Kyoto, Kyōto
- Kyoto in Myanmar
- ကျိုတို kyuitui
Forms of Kyoto
| alternative form | Kioto |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Kyōto |
Origin of Kyoto
Borrowed from Japanese 京(きょう)都(と) (Kyōto, literally “capital city”), from Middle Chinese 京都 (kjæng-tu, “capital (of a country)”).
Phrases with Kyoto
Questions about Kyoto
- What does Kyoto mean?
- Kyoto means a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.
- What is Kyoto in Hindi?
- Kyoto in Hindi is क्योटो (kyoṭo), क्योतो (kyoto). See Kyoto meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Kyoto?
- Kyoto is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Kyoto?
- Kyoto is pronounced /ˈkjoʊtoʊ/ (US).
Words near Kyoto in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Kyoto (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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