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Edo¹

  • /ˈɛdəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈɛdoʊ/ US

Rhymes with -ɛdəʊ

Where it comes from

From Japanese 江戸 (えど, Edo, literally “cove entrance”).

proper noun Jeddo · Yeddo · Yedo · Jendo · Yendo

  1. historical Former name of Tokyo: the capital city of Japan

Edo²

  • /ˈɛdəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈɛdoʊ/ US

Rhymes with -ɛdəʊ

Where it comes from

From Edo Ẹ̀dó.

proper noun

  1. A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Benin City.
  2. collective The people of Edo State.

    Similar: Bini

  3. uncountable The Volta-Niger language spoken primarily by these people.

EDO³

adjective

  1. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of extended data-out

noun

  1. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of EDO memory

noun

  1. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of equal division of the octave

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tokyo, tokio, yeddo, yedo, japanese capital, eda, edu, ido, deo, eer, bee, ade, eao, eeb, otu, japanese empire

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Every language

name former name of Tokyo

한국어에도 Edo
日本語江戸 Edo
中文江戶 /江户 Jiānghù
PortuguêsEdo
FrançaisYédo, Edo
DeutschEdo, Jedo, Jeddo
ItalianoEdo
ΕλληνικάΈντο Énto, Γέντο Génto
РусскийЭ́до Édo
العربيةإِيدُو ʔīdū

name a state of Nigeria

PortuguêsEdo

name the people of Edo State

Portuguêsedo

name a Volta-Niger language spoken by the Edo

Portuguêsedo

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Chicago

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BibTeX
@misc{edo_2026,
  title = {Edo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/edo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}