Kyoto

Alternative forms

• Kioto
• Kyōto

Origin

From Japanese 京都 (kyōto, "capital"), from Middle Chinese 京都 (kjæng-tu "capital (of a country)").

Full definition of Kyoto

Proper noun

1. A city in Japan on the island of Honshu that once served as Japan’s capital.
2. 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.

Anagrams

• Tokyo, Tōkyō