Where does “Tokyo” come from?

Tokyo derives from Japanese 東京, literally "east capital," replacing the earlier Japanese 江戸, from Japanese 江 meaning "inlet," ultimately from Middle Chinese こう.

Tokyo (English): The Japanese government

Definitions

  1. The Japanese government

Ancestry of “Tokyo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese東京an eastern capital
2VietnameseĐông Kinha rural commune in Thái Bình, Vietnam
3Middle Chinese東east

Words derived from “Tokyo”

Every word from Middle Chinese 東 →Every word from Vietnamese Đông Kinh →Every word from Japanese 東京 →
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