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Where does “東京” come from?

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

東京 (Japanese): an eastern capital

Definitions

  1. an eastern capital

Ancestry of “東京”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseĐông Kinh—
2Middle Chinese東east

Words derived from “東京”

  • Tokyo
  • Tokyoite
  • tokyoite
  • Tokio
  • Tokyo
  • 東芝
  • Tokio
  • طوكيو
  • Toshiba
  • 도꾜
  • Tô-ki-ô
  • టోక్యో
  • โตเกียว
  • Tokio
  • တိုကျို
  • টকিঅ'
  • طوكيو
  • 東京
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