Where does “小東京” come from?

小東京 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 東京, from Vietnamese Đông Kinh, from Middle Chinese 東 — east.

小東京 (Japanese): epitome of Tokyo, miniature Tokyo

Definitions

  1. epitome of Tokyo, miniature Tokyo

Ancestry of “小東京”, step by step

小東京 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 東京

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

via Japanese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 東 →Every word from Vietnamese Đông Kinh →Every word from Japanese 東京 →