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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 京都, from Japanese 京都 (Kyōto).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kinh Đô
- (rare, literary) Synonym of Ki-ô-tô (“Kyoto”), The capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and former capital of Japan
- Matsuo Bashō's haiku, translated by Đoàn Lê Giang:
Chim đỗ quyên hót
ở Kinh đô
mà nhớ Kinh đô.- even in Kyoto
hearing the cuckoo's cry
I long for Kyoto. - (literally, “The cuckoo's singing
here in Kyoto
I long for Kyoto.”)