Iaponia
- Alternative spelling ofJaponia
1619, W. W. Gent,A Briefe Relation of the Persecution Lately Made Against the Catholike Crhstians, in the Kingdome ofIaponia, volume 1, page 6:becauſe theſe moſt worthy Chriſtiãs ofIaponia whereof this relatiõ doth entreate be of the ſame Chriſtian and Catholike Fayth and Religon[sic] that you be
From possiblyFrenchJapon +-ia orCantonese日本(jat6 bun2) +-ia.
Iapō̆nia f sg (genitiveIapō̆niae);first declension
- (New Latin)Japan
- There is no unity among those users of New Latin who distinguish vowel length as to whether the "o" of the stem should be long or short; further, the formIappōnia is also found.
First-declension noun, singular only.