Japan Definition
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English
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From Dutch Japan or Portuguese Japão, from Malay Japang, from Chinese 日本 (jih-pǔn).
Although the earliest form of "Japan" in Europe was Marco Polo's "Chipangu", the first recorded form in English was in a letter dated February 19, 1565 (published 1577), spelt “Giapan”. “Of the Ilande of Giapan”, by Luīs Fróis (a Portuguese Jesuit missionary in Japan), published in Richard Willes, “The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies” (London 1577), cited in “Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery”, by Peter C. Mancall, pp. 156–57.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Japan
Synonyms
Related terms
- Jap
- Japanese
- Japanize
- Japanology
- Japanophile
- Japanophilia
- Nip
- Nipponism
- Nipponize
- Sea of Japan
See also
- (prefectures of Japan) Japan; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaidō, Hyōgo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kōchi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Ōita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi (Category: Japanese prefectures)
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Afrikaans
Proper noun
Japan
Dutch
Proper noun
Japan
German
Proper noun
Japan n.
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈjaːpʰaːn/
Proper noun
Japan n.
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Norwegian
Proper noun
Japan
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /jǎpaːn/
- Hyphenation: Ja‧pan
Proper noun
Jàpān m. (Cyrillic spelling Ја̀па̄н)
Declension
declension of Japan| singular | |
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| nominative | Japan |
| genitive | Japana |
| dative | Japanu |
| accusative | Japan |
| vocative | Japane |
| locative | Japanu |
| instrumental | Japanom |
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈjɑːpan/
Proper noun
Japan
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