Tokio

Tokio

1. Obsolete spelling of Tokyo.
   • 1882, William Elliot Griffis, “Preface”, in Corea: The Hermit Nation‎^[1], New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, page vii‎^[2]:

     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.

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

• Kioto

• Tokyo

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”).

Tokio

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

• Tokioïet
• Tokioos

Tokio

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

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東京 (tuwng kjaeng, literally “eastern capital”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtokɪjo]
• Rhymes: -ɪjo
• Hyphenation: To‧kio

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

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

• “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), 2008–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoːkiˌ(j)oː/

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• Hyphenation: To‧ki‧o

Tokio n

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

• van hier tot Tokio

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東京 (tuwng kjaeng, literally “eastern capital”).

• IPA^(key): /toˈkio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: To‧ki‧o

Tokio (accusative Tokion)

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

• “Tokio”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020
• “toki”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtokio/, [ˈt̪o̞k̟io̞]
• Rhymes: -okio
• Syllabification^(key): To‧ki‧o
• Hyphenation^(key): To‧kio

Tokio

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

• Kioto, kotio

• Tokyo

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoːki̯o/, [ˈtoː.ki.o], [-.kjo]

• Audio:

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

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

• Tokioer
• Tokioter

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.kjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔkjo
• Hyphenation: Tò‧kio

Tokio f

1. alternative spelling of Tokyo

Tokio

1. Rōmaji transcription of ときお

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtoː.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɔː.ki.o]

Tōkiō ? (indeclinable)

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

• Tōkium
• Iendum

Borrowed from Japanese 東京.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.kjɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔkjɔ
• Syllabification: To‧kio

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)

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

• Kioto

Tokio n

1. Tokyo

• IPA^(key): /tôkio/

Tȍkio m inan (Cyrillic spelling То̏кио)

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

• tòkījskī
• Tokíjac / Tòkījka

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東京 (tuwng kjaeng, literally “eastern capital”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔkiɔ]

Tokio n (relational adjective tokijský, demonym Tokijčan, female demonym Tokijčanka)

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

• Tokijčan, Tokijčanka
• tokijský

• “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, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̀ːkiɔ/

Tókio m inan

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

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Tókio
genitive	Tókia
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Tókio
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Tókia
dative (dajȃlnik)	Tókiu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Tókio
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Tókiu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Tókiom

• Tókijčan / Tókijčanka
• tókijški

• “Tokio”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Tokio”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

• IPA^(key): /ˈtokjo/ [ˈt̪o.kjo]
• Rhymes: -okjo
• Syllabification: To‧kio

Tokio m

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

Tokio

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