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京都

Mandarin · pinyin jīng dū#

capital (of a country)

Mandarin · pinyin Jīng dū#

Kyoto (city in Japan)

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京: jīng · capital city
都: dōu · dū · metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined

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1–1 · jing1 du1

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ging1 dou1

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noun · Etymology 1

(literary) capital city (of a country)

name · Etymology 2

(～市) Kyoto (a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
(～府) Kyoto (a prefecture of Japan)

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