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Definition of Kyoto

1. Noun. A city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan.

Definition of Kyoto

1. Proper noun. A city in Japan on the island of Honshu that once served as Japan’s capital. ¹

2. Proper noun. The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -- An amendment to the international treaty on climate change, assigning mandatory targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to signatory nations. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Kyoto

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"kyoto and its Environs. Railway Stations. The kyoto Station (also called Shichijo ... kyoto Hotel (fare, 5 sen) and proceed to Hiromichi, whence the Miyako ..."

2. Japan, the New World-power: Being a Detailed Account of the Progress and by Robert Percival Porter (1915)
"It seems fitting, too, that Tokyo, the new capital, Osaka, the economic capital, and kyoto, the ancient capital, should be grouped together, ..."

3. Environment in the Transition to a Market Economy: Progress in Central and by Anthony Zamparutti, Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1999)
"Table IV l kyoto Protocol commitments by CEEC/NIS Annex I countries Central and Eastern Europe Bulgaria Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania ..."

4. Oil Crises & Climate Challenges: 30 Years of Energy Use in Iea Countriesby Fridtjof Unander, International Energy Agency, Michael Ting by Fridtjof Unander, International Energy Agency, Michael Ting (2004)
"The kyoto targets apply to a basket of six greenhouse gases and take sinks into account. The Protocol provides for the use of "flexibility mechanisms" with ..."

5. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews by OECD., Lorents G. (FRW) Lorentsen, OECD Staff (2004)
"2.2 Going beyond kyoto ln its 2002 climate strategy. Sweden set two ambitious national targets on climate protection that go far beyond its kyoto ..."

6. Environmental Indicators for Agriculture by Organisation for Economic Co-operation, SourceOECD (Online service), Development. (2001)
"National commitments for greenhouse gas emissions under the kyoto Protocol to 2008-12 ... Source: Annex B of kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework ..."

7. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2005)
"... Chihiro Ichihara, Seiji Shiroya Research Reactor Institute, kyoto University, Kumatori, Osaka 590-0494, Japan Abstract At the kyoto University Research ..."

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