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Edo
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Appendix:Variations of "edo"
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈɛdəʊ/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Edo.wav Southern England
en /ˈɛdoʊ/ GA
en ɛdəʊ 2
Etymology 1
From en ja 江戸 えど, Edo cove entrance.
Alternative forms
en Jeddo Yeddo Yedo Jendo Yendo
Proper noun
en Q215646en historical en @former name of:Tokyo capital city c/Japan
Usage notes
Principally known as the de facto capital of Japan during the Tokugawa shogunate; when the shogunate ended in 1868, it was renamed en Tokyo and made the formal capital by the newly-formed Meiji government.
The alternative forms of Yeddo and Yedo reflect Late Middle Japanese historical Japanese pronunciation. See also yen.
Translations
former name of Tokyo
Arabic: ar إِيدُو f
Egyptian Arabic: arz إيدو f ʔidu
Belarusian: be Э́да m
Bulgarian: bg Е́до
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 江戶 gong1 wu6
Hokkien: nan-hbl 江戶 Kang-hō͘
Mandarin: cmn 江戶 Jiānghù
Wu: wuu 江戶
Czech: cs Edo m, cs Jedo m, cs Jeddo m
French: fr Yédo m, fr Edo m
Galician: gl Edo
German: de Edo nowadays and hence anachronistic; de Jedo, de Jeddo contemporary in the 19th century
Greek: el Έντο n, el Γέντο n
Italian: it Edo f
Japanese: ja 江戸 えど, Edo
Korean: ko ^에도
Lithuanian: lt Edas m
Marathi: mr एदो
Persian: fa ادو edo
Polish: pl Edo n
Portuguese: pt Edo f
Russian: ru Э́до m
Thai: th เอโดะ
Ukrainian: uk Е́до m
Etymology 2
+ State
+ language
From en bin Ẹ̀dó.
Proper noun
en state c/Nigeria ;; in the <<geopolitical zone:suf/South South>> Benin City.
en collectively The people of Edo State.
en uncountable The Volta-Niger language spoken primarily by these people.
Synonyms
language en Bini
Derived terms
en Edoid
Translations
a state of Nigeria
Bulgarian: bg Едо m
Marathi: mr एडो n eḍo
Polish: pl Edo n
Portuguese: pt Edo m
the people of Edo State
Polish: pl Edo m-pr f
Portuguese: pt edo m-p
a Volta-Niger language spoken by the Edo
Marathi: mr एडो f eḍo
Polish: pl edo n
Portuguese: pt edo m
Further reading
1 bin
bin
Anagrams
en deo DOE OED doe ode -ode ODE Ode Doe EOD deo
en Demonyms Languages
Italian
Pronunciation
Èdo
Etymology 1
it:
it ja 江戸 えど, Edo.
Proper noun
f
it historical it the former name of Tokyo, the <<capital city>> of <<c/Japan>> Edo
Related terms
it edochiano
Etymology 2
it Edoardo.
Proper noun
m
it male Edoardo
Anagrams
it deo Deo ode
it heteronyms
Japanese
Romanization
えど