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Meaco

Meaco proper noun: a late medieval name for Kyoto, a city of Japan.

Proper noun

Meaco

  1. A late medieval name for Kyoto, a city of Japan.
    • So on the thriteenth of June in the Year 1585, having reciv'd theſe ſeveral Bounties, and Benedictions from his Holineſs, they departed, and travelling through Italy and other Lands, much toſs'd and turmoil'd by Sea, ſpending five years abroard, they Landed at Nangeʃaque in Japan, and from thence...1670, Atlas Japannensis: Being Remarkable Addresses by Way of Embassy ... from the East-India Company ... to the Emperor of Japan
    • The greateſt and wealtheiſt ſtands divided into three and fifty Provinces, or petty Kingdoms, the chief City call'd Meaco, gives in denomination to that Iſle.1670, Atlas Japannensis: Being Remarkable Addresses by Way of Embassy ... from the East-India Company ... to the Emperor of Japan
  2. (broadly) The entire island of Honshu, of which it was the capital.

Origin of Meaco

Borrowed from Japanese 都 (miyako, “capital”), as the city was formerly the capital of Japan.

Questions about Meaco

What does Meaco mean?
Meaco means a late medieval name for Kyoto, a city of Japan.
What part of speech is Meaco?
Meaco is a proper noun.

Words near Meaco in the dictionary

  1. meach
  2. Meacham
  3. Meachams
  4. Meachum
  5. Meachums
  6. Meaco
  7. meacock
  8. meacocks
  9. meaconing
  10. mead
  11. mead bench

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