Where does “Kyōto” come from?

Kyōto (English) comes from Japanese 京都, from Middle Chinese 京都 — capital.

Kyōto (English): The Kyoto Protocol

Definitions

  1. The Kyoto Protocol

Ancestry of “Kyōto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese京都Kyoto; capital city
2Middle Chinese京都capital
Every word from Middle Chinese 京都 →Every word from Japanese 京都 →
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