Tokyo

Oznaczający

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

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈtoʊ.ki.oʊ/

Etymologia

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”).

Zdania

The asteroid is named after the Japanese capital Tokyo .