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Where does “Tòquio” come from?
Tòquio (Catalan) comes from Japanese 東京, from Vietnamese Đông Kinh, from Middle Chinese 東 — east.
Ancestry of “Tòquio”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Japanese
東京
an eastern capital
2
Vietnamese
Đông Kinh
a rural commune in Thái Bình, Vietnam
3
Middle Chinese
東
east
Words derived from “Tòquio”
toquiota
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