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Noun: Edo  e-dow
  1. A member of a west African people living in the tropical forest region of southern Nigeria
     
  2. [archaic] The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural centre of Japan
    - Tokyo, Tokio [non-standard], Yeddo [archaic], Yedo [archaic], Japanese capital, capital of Japan

Sounds like: edd

Derived forms: Edos

Type of: national capital, Nigerian

Part of: Hondo, Honshu, Japan, Nihon, Nippon

Encyclopedia: Edo, Nigeria