/ˈtuːkɪʊ/
OpprinnelseFrom Japanese 東京 (とうきょう, Tōkyō, literally “Eastern capital”), from both Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”), from Old Japanese 東 (*pi₁mukasi) + and from 京 (kjæng, “capital”), either from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-gaŋ (“hill, ridge, mountain”), or of Austroasiatic origin.
- Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Kantō, Japan)
“Tokyo er Japans økonomiske sentrum og midtpunkt i verdens største by- og industriregion.” — Tokyo is Japan's economic center and center of the world's largest urban and industrial region.
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