Obsolete term for a capital or major city. Not used in modern Japanese; the modern word is 首都 (しゅと) for 'capital' or 都市 (とし) for 'city'.
古い文献では「都府」が都を指すことがある。
In old documents, 都府 can refer to the capital.
prefectures of Japan (excluding Hokkaido)
The historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'capital' or 'city'.