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Meaco
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en ja 都 miyako capital, as the city was formerly the capital of Japan.
Proper noun
A late medieval name for Kyoto, a city of Japan.
en Atlas Japannensis: Being Remarkable Addresses by Way of Embassy ... from the East-India Company ... to the Emperor of Japan 1670 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Atlas_Japannensis_Being_Remarkable_Addre/dX1hAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
page 35:
en So on the thriteenth of June in the Year 1585, having reciv'd theſe ſeveral Bounties, and Benedictions from his Holineſs, they departed, and travelling through Italy and other Lands, much toſs'd and turmoil'd by Sea, ſpending five years abroard, they Landed at Nangeʃaque in Japan, and from thence went directly to the Emperors Court at Meaco.
page 62:
en The greateſt and wealtheiſt ſtands divided into three and fifty Provinces, or petty Kingdoms, the chief City call'd Meaco, gives in denomination to that Iſle.
en by extension The entire island of Honshu, of which it was the capital.
Translations
medieval name for Kyoto
French: fr Meaco
Latin: la Meacum n
medieval name for Honshu
Latin: la Meacum n
Anagrams
en acemo cameo comae
en Nicknames for cities History of Japan
Latin
Proper noun
la proper noun form Meacō
la Meacum dat//abl