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Meaning of Meaco | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A late medieval name for Kyoto, a city of Japan.
  2. The entire island of Honshu, of which it was the capital.

Equivalents

Français Meaco
Latina Meacum
Português Meaco

Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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