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Kyoto

US/ˈkjoʊtoʊ/ fairly common

noun

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

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 京(きょう)都(と) (Kyōto, literally “capital city”), from Middle Chinese 京都 (kjæng-tu, “capital (of a country)”).

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