都みやこ人びと

noun

capital resident; townsfolk

Refers to people living in the capital city, often with a nuance of sophistication or urbanity. The reading みやこびと is standard; とじん is rarer and more literary.

• 彼かれは生うまれも育そだちも京きょう都との都みやこ人びとだ。

  He is a capital resident born and raised in Kyoto.

• 都みやこ人びとは田舎いなかの生せい活かつに慣なれていない。

  Capital residents are not used to country life.