Definitions for kyotokiˈoʊ toʊ, ˈkyoʊ-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Kyo•tokiˈoʊ toʊ, ˈkyoʊ-(n.)

  1. a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: the capital of Japan. 794–1868. 1,472,993.

    Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Kyoto(noun)

    a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan

Wiktionary

  1. Kyoto(ProperNoun)

    A city in Japan on the island of Honshu that once served as Japanu2019s capital.

  2. Kyoto(ProperNoun)

    The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -- An amendment to the international treaty on climate change, assigning mandatory targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to signatory nations.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Kyoto

    from 784 to 1868 the capital of Japan, on the Kamo River, inland, 190 m. W. of Yedo; is still the centre of Japanese Buddhism, and is noted for its pottery, bronze-work, crapes, and velvets.


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