Tokyo

Significat (anglès)

1. A prefecture, the capital city of Japan.
2. The Japanese government.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtoʊ.ki.oʊ/

Etimologia (anglès)

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), as opposed to Kyoto in the west, from Middle Chinese 東 (tuŋ, “east”) + 京 (kˠiæŋ, “capital”).

Sents

The asteroid is named after the Japanese capital Tokyo .