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See also:japan,japán,andJapán

English

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A satellite image showingJapan

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EnglishJapan

    First attested in English asGiapan in Richard Willes's 1577The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies (cited inPeter C. Mancall'sTravel Narratives from the Age of Discovery, pp. 156–57), translating a 19 February 1565 letter of the Portuguese Jesuit missionaryLuís Fróis as "Of the Ilande of Giapan".

    Borrowed fromPortugueseJapam /Japão with possible influence fromDutchJapan, both fromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX,“sun origin”).With/j/ readings, such asIaponia /Japonia /Japon /Iapon from possiblyCantonese日本(jat6 bun2), also fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX,“sun origin”).

    Compare also modernMandarin日本(Rìběn),Japanese日本(にっぽ​ん)(Nippo​n) /日本(にほ​ん)(Niho​n) (whence English doubletsNippon andNihon),Korean일본(Ilbon) (日本),VietnameseNhật Bản (日本).

    The earliest form ofJapan in Europe wasMarco Polo'sCipangu, from some form of synonymousSinitic日本國 /日本国(“Japan state”).

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    Japan

    2. Acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia. Capital and largest city:Tokyo.
      Synonyms:Jap.,Jpn.,Land of the Rising Sun,Japonia,Nihon,Nippon,Yamato,State of Japan,(puristic)Dawnland
      • 1889 Jan.,Oscar Wilde,The Decay of Lying: An Observation",The Nineteenth Century:
        Vivian: If you set a picture byHokusai, orHokkei, or any of the great native painters, beside a real Japanese gentleman or lady, you will see that there is not the slightest resemblance between them. The actual people who live inJapan are not unlike the general run ofEnglish people; that is to say, they are extremely commonplace, and have nothing curious or extraordinary about them. In fact the whole ofJapan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people... if you desire to see a Japanese effect, you will not behave like a tourist and go toTokio. On the contrary, you will stay at home and steep yourself in the work of certainJapanese artists, and then, when you have absorbed the spirit of their style, and caught their imaginative manner of vision, you will go some afternoon and sit in thePark or stroll downPiccadilly, and if you cannot see an absolutely Japanese effect there, you will not see it anywhere.
      • 1985 February,Steve Jobs,interview with David Sheff,Playboy:
        Japan’s very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don’t think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that’s already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor... That strategy works only when what they’re working with isn’t changing very much—thestereo industry and theautomobile industry are two examples. When the target is moving quickly, they find it very difficult...
      • 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan,The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1:
        Nolan: You do knowJapan have expressed concern?
        Douglas: What, the whole country?
        Nolan: No, not the whole... MrYamamoto.
        Douglas: He's important, isn't he?
        Nolan: He's the majorshareholder.
      • 2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, inCNN Business‎[1]:
        In particular, Kumamoto prefecture in southwesternJapan is quickly becoming a hotbed for tech investment from companies including TSMC and Fujifilm Holdings Corp (FUJIF).

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    a country in East Asia

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    countries in Asia (appendix)edit
    prefectures of Japanedit

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    Afrikaans

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    Inherited fromDutchJapan, fromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX, literally“sun origin”).

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    Japan

    1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia; capital:Tokio)

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    Danish

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    DanishWikipedia has an article on:
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    FromDutchJapan, fromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX, literally“sun origin”).

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    Japan

    1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)

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    Dutch

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      FromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX, literally“sun origin”).

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      Japan n

      1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)

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      Descendants

      Faroese

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      FaroeseWikipedia has an article on:
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      FromDanishJapan, fromDutchJapan, fromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX, literally“sun origin”).

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      Japan

      1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)

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      German

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      FromDutchJapan, fromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX, literally“sun origin”).

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      Japan n (proper noun,genitiveJapansor(optionally with an article)Japan)

      1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)
        Synonym:Land der aufgehenden Sonne

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      • “Japan” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
      • “Japan” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon
      • “Japan” inDuden online
      • Japan on the German Wikipedia.Wikipediade

      Hausa

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      FromEnglishJapan.

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      • IPA(key): /(d)ʒà.pân/
        • (Standard Kano Hausa)IPA(key): [d͡ʒə̀.pâŋ]

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      Jàpân f

      1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)

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      Borrowed fromDanishJapan, fromDutchJapan, fromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX, literally“sun origin”).

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      Japan n (proper noun,genitive singularJapanor(rare)Japans)

      1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)
        Égfer tilJapans.
        I'mgoing toJapan.
        Hvar erJapan staðsett ákortinu?
        Where isJapan located on themap?

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      Declension ofJapan (sg-only neuter)
      indefinite singular
      nominativeJapan
      accusativeJapan
      dativeJapan
      genitiveJapan,Japans1

      1Rare.

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      Japanese

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      Japan

      1. Rōmaji transcription ofジャパン

      Norwegian Bokmål

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      FromGermanJapan, fromDutchJapan, fromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX, literally“sun origin”).

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      Japan

      1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)

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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:
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      FromGermanJapan, fromDutchJapan, fromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX, literally“sun origin”).

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      Japan

      1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)

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      Serbo-Croatian

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      FromGermanJapan, fromDutchJapan, fromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX, literally“sun origin”).

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      • IPA(key): /jǎpaːn/
      • Hyphenation:Ja‧pan

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      Jàpān m inan (Cyrillic spellingЈа̀па̄н)

      1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)

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      Declension ofJapan
      singular
      nominativeJapan
      genitiveJapana
      dativeJapanu
      accusativeJapan
      vocativeJapane
      locativeJapanu
      instrumentalJapanom

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      Japan

      1. alternative form ofJapani

      Swedish

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      FromDutchJapan, fromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX, literally“sun origin”).

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      Japan n (genitiveJapans)

      1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)

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      countries in Asia:Asiensländer (appendix)edit

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      Welsh

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      WelshWikipedia has an article on:
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      Borrowed fromEnglishJapan.

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      Japan m (not mutable)

      1. Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)

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      countries in Asia:gwledyddAsia (appendix)edit

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