Tokio

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See also: Tokió, Tōkiō, and Tô-ki-ô

English

Proper noun

Tokio

  1. Obsolete spelling of Tokyo..
    • 1882, William Elliot Griffis, “Preface”, in Corea: The Hermit Nation, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, page vii:
      I also thank Mr. Charles Lanman, Secretary of the Legation of Japan in Washington, for four ferrotypes taken in Seoul in 1878 by members of the Japanese embassy ; Mr. D. R. Clark, of the United States Transit of Venus Survey, for four photographs of the Corean villages in Russian Manchuria ; Mr. R. Idéura, of Tōkiō, for a set of photographs of Kang-wa and vicinity, taken in 1876, and Mr. Ozawa Nankoku, for sketches of Corean articles in Japanese museums.
    • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:
      [] and making him think of those pallid jade-faced painters of Tokio who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness of motion.

Usage notes

  • This spelling was more common in the 1870s and 1880s but had been overtaken by Tokyo the 1890s.[1]

References

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (とう)(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally eastern capital).

Proper noun

Tokio

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Derived terms

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tokio

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (とう)(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally eastern capital), from Middle Chinese 東京 (tuŋ kˠiæŋ, literally eastern capital).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tokio n (related adjective tokijský, demonym Tokijan or Tokijec)

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Declension

Further reading

  • Tokio”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • Tokio”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • Tokio”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

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Wikipedia nl

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (とう)(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally eastern capital). First attested in the 1870s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoːkiˌ(j)oː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: To‧ki‧o

Proper noun

Tokio n

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Derived terms

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tokio (accusative Tokion)

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (とう)(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally eastern capital).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tokio

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Declension

Inflection of Tokio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative Tokio
genitive Tokion
partitive Tokiota
illative Tokioon
singular plural
nominative Tokio
accusative nom. Tokio
gen. Tokion
genitive Tokion
partitive Tokiota
inessive Tokiossa
elative Tokiosta
illative Tokioon
adessive Tokiolla
ablative Tokiolta
allative Tokiolle
essive Tokiona
translative Tokioksi
abessive Tokiotta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Tokio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Tokioni
accusative nom. Tokioni
gen. Tokioni
genitive Tokioni
partitive Tokiotani
inessive Tokiossani
elative Tokiostani
illative Tokiooni
adessive Tokiollani
ablative Tokioltani
allative Tokiolleni
essive Tokionani
translative Tokiokseni
abessive Tokiottani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Tokiosi
accusative nom. Tokiosi
gen. Tokiosi
genitive Tokiosi
partitive Tokiotasi
inessive Tokiossasi
elative Tokiostasi
illative Tokioosi
adessive Tokiollasi
ablative Tokioltasi
allative Tokiollesi
essive Tokionasi
translative Tokioksesi
abessive Tokiottasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Tokiomme
accusative nom. Tokiomme
gen. Tokiomme
genitive Tokiomme
partitive Tokiotamme
inessive Tokiossamme
elative Tokiostamme
illative Tokioomme
adessive Tokiollamme
ablative Tokioltamme
allative Tokiollemme
essive Tokionamme
translative Tokioksemme
abessive Tokiottamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Tokionne
accusative nom. Tokionne
gen. Tokionne
genitive Tokionne
partitive Tokiotanne
inessive Tokiossanne
elative Tokiostanne
illative Tokioonne
adessive Tokiollanne
ablative Tokioltanne
allative Tokiollenne
essive Tokionanne
translative Tokioksenne
abessive Tokiottanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Tokionsa
accusative nom. Tokionsa
gen. Tokionsa
genitive Tokionsa
partitive Tokiotaan
Tokiotansa
inessive Tokiossaan
Tokiossansa
elative Tokiostaan
Tokiostansa
illative Tokioonsa
adessive Tokiollaan
Tokiollansa
ablative Tokioltaan
Tokioltansa
allative Tokiolleen
Tokiollensa
essive Tokionaan
Tokionansa
translative Tokiokseen
Tokioksensa
abessive Tokiottaan
Tokiottansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tokio n (proper noun, genitive Tokios or (optionally with an article) Tokio)

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Tokio” in Duden online
  • Tokio” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tokio f

  1. Alternative spelling of Tokyo

Japanese

Romanization

Tokio

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ときお

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (とう)(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally eastern capital).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tōkiō ? (indeclinable)

  1. (New Latin) Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Synonyms

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Tokio

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東京.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tokio n (indeclinable, related adjective tokijski)

  1. Tokyo (the capital and largest city of Japan)
  2. Tokyo (the capital and largest city of Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
  3. Tokyo (a prefecture of Japan)

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • Tokio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Tokio in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Tokio in PWN's encyclopedia

Anagrams

Romanian

Proper noun

Tokio n

  1. Tokyo

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tȍkio m (Cyrillic spelling То̏кио)

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Declension

Derived terms

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (とう)(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally eastern capital), from Middle Chinese 東京 (tuŋ kˠiæŋ, literally eastern capital).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tokio n (genitive singular Tokia, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Declension

Further reading

  • Tokio”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtokjo/
  • Rhymes: -okjo
  • Syllabification: To‧kio

Proper noun

Tokio m

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

Derived terms

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tokio

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)