# Tokio
## English
### Proper noun

Tokio
* Obsolete spelling of Tokyo.
** 1882, William Elliot Griffis, “Preface”, in Corea: The Hermit Nation‎, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, page vii‎: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.

#### Usage notes

* This spelling was more common in the 1870s and 1880s but had been overtaken by Tokyo the 1890s.

### References

* ↑ Tokio,Tokyo at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

### Anagrams

* Kioto

## Afrikaans
### Alternative forms

* Tokyo

### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Tokio
* Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

#### Derived terms

* Tokioïet
* Tokioos

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Tokio
* Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

## Czech
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtokɪjo]
* Rhymes: -ɪjo
* Hyphenation: To‧kio

### Proper noun

Tokio n (relational adjective tokijský, demonym Tokijan or Tokijec)
* Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “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)

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoːkiˌ(j)oː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: To‧ki‧o

### Proper noun

Tokio n
* Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

#### Derived terms

* van hier tot Tokio

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [toˈkio]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -io
* Hyphenation: To‧ki‧o

### Proper noun

Tokio (accusative Tokion)
* Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtokio/, [ˈt̪o̞k̟io̞]
* Rhymes: -okio
* Hyphenation: To‧kio

### Proper noun

Tokio
* Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Tokio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Tokioni
accusative
nom.
Tokioni
gen.
Tokioni
genitive
Tokioni
partitive
Tokiotani
inessive
Tokiossani
elative
Tokiostani
illative
Tokiooni
adessive
Tokiollani
ablative
Tokioltani
allative
Tokiolleni
essive
Tokionani
translative
Tokiokseni
abessive
Tokiottani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Tokiosi
accusative
nom.
Tokiosi
gen.
Tokiosi
genitive
Tokiosi
partitive
Tokiotasi
inessive
Tokiossasi
elative
Tokiostasi
illative
Tokioosi
adessive
Tokiollasi
ablative
Tokioltasi
allative
Tokiollesi
essive
Tokionasi
translative
Tokioksesi
abessive
Tokiottasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Tokiomme
accusative
nom.
Tokiomme
gen.
Tokiomme
genitive
Tokiomme
partitive
Tokiotamme
inessive
Tokiossamme
elative
Tokiostamme
illative
Tokioomme
adessive
Tokiollamme
ablative
Tokioltamme
allative
Tokiollemme
essive
Tokionamme
translative
Tokioksemme
abessive
Tokiottamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Tokionne
accusative
nom.
Tokionne
gen.
Tokionne
genitive
Tokionne
partitive
Tokiotanne
inessive
Tokiossanne
elative
Tokiostanne
illative
Tokioonne
adessive
Tokiollanne
ablative
Tokioltanne
allative
Tokiollenne
essive
Tokionanne
translative
Tokioksenne
abessive
Tokiottanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Tokionsa
accusative
nom.
Tokionsa
gen.
Tokionsa
genitive
Tokionsa
partitive
Tokiotaan Tokiotansa
inessive
Tokiossaan Tokiossansa
elative
Tokiostaan Tokiostansa
illative
Tokioonsa
adessive
Tokiollaan Tokiollansa
ablative
Tokioltaan Tokioltansa
allative
Tokiolleen Tokiollensa
essive
Tokionaan Tokionansa
translative
Tokiokseen Tokioksensa
abessive
Tokiottaan Tokiottansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* tokiolainen

### Anagrams

* Kioto, kotio

## German
### Alternative forms

* Tokyo

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoːki̯o/, [ˈtoː.ki.o], [-.kjo]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Tokio n (proper noun, genitive Tokios or (optionally with an article) Tokio)
* Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

#### Derived terms

* Tokioer
* Tokioter

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɔ.kjo/
* Rhymes: -ɔkjo
* Hyphenation: Tò‧kio

### Proper noun

Tokio f
* Alternative spelling of Tokyo

## Japanese
### Romanization

Tokio
* Rōmaji transcription of ときお

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈtoː.ki.oː/, [ˈt̪oːkioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈto.ki.o/, [ˈt̪ɔːkio]

### Proper noun

Tōkiō ? (indeclinable)
* (New Latin) Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

#### Synonyms

* Tōkium
* Iendum

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 東京.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɔ.kjɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔkjɔ
* Syllabification: To‧kio

### Proper noun

Tokio n (indeclinable, related adjective tokijski)
* Tokyo (the capital and largest city of Japan)
* Tokyo (the capital and largest city of Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
* Tokyo (a prefecture of Japan)

#### Derived terms

* tokijczyk
* tokijka

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* Kioto

## Romanian
### Proper noun

Tokio n
* Tokyo

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tôkio/

### Proper noun

Tȍkio m (Cyrillic spelling То̏кио)
* Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

#### Derived terms

* tòkījskī
* Tokíjac / Tòkījka

## Slovak
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɔkiɔ]

### Proper noun

Tokio n (relational adjective tokijský, demonym Tokijčan, female demonym Tokijčanka)
* Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

#### Related terms

* Tokijčan, Tokijčanka
* tokijský

### Further reading

* “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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtokjo/ [ˈt̪o.kjo]
* Rhymes: -okjo
* Syllabification: To‧kio

### Proper noun

Tokio m
* Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)

#### Derived terms

* tokiota

## Western Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Tokio
* Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)