Kyoto
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Kyo·to | \ ˈkyō-(ˌ)tō 
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\Definition of Kyoto
city in west central Honshu, Japan, north-northeast of Osaka population 1,474,015
Note: Kyoto served as the capital of Japan 794–1869.
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