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Tokyo

or To·ki·o

[ toh-kee-oh; Japanese taw-kyaw ]

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Japan, on Tokyo Bay: one of the world's largest cities; destructive earthquake and fire 1923; signing of the Japanese surrender document aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, September 2, 1945.


Tokyo

/ ˈtəʊkjəʊ; -kɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. the capital of Japan, a port on SE Honshu on Tokyo Bay (an inlet of the Pacific): part of the largest conurbation in the world (the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area) of over 35 million people; major industrial centre and the chief cultural centre of Japan. Pop (city proper): 8 025 538 (2002 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Tokyo

  1. Capital of Japan and largest city in the country, located on the island of Honshu at the head of Tokyo Bay; the administrative, financial, educational, and cultural center of Japan.
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Notes

The world's largest city, Tokyo is also among its most modern.
It was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II .
Tokyo became the capital of the Japanese Empire in 1868 when Japan began a period of intensive modernization.
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Other Words From

  • Toky·o·ite noun
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Example Sentences

In an alternate, abandoned Tokyo, stranded people must compete in dangerous games – with the difficulty level represented by playing cards – or else immediately be eliminated by a laser beam from the sky.

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Channel 4 says its coverage of the Paralympics reached 20 million viewers across linear and streaming - up 23% on the Tokyo 2020 Games, helping the channel to its biggest audience share in 12 years.

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Hodgkinson had finished second at successive World Championships after claiming a stunning silver on her Olympic debut as a teenager in Tokyo three years ago.

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She had previously won successive World Championship silvers after also finishing runner-up on her Olympic debut in Tokyo three years ago.

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The club already has outposts around the world, including Napa, Hawaii, Tokyo, Italy, China and Brazil.

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