Possibly fromNew LatinIapō̆nia orFrenchJapon orCantonese日本(jat6 bun2).
Japon
- Obsolete form ofJapan.
1613,Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of the Islands of Iapon, and Their Religions.”, inPurchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […],→OCLC, book V (Of the East-Indies: And of the Seas and Ilands about Asia, with Their Religions),page442:Thus he[Toyotomi Hideyoshi], which in his youth had vſed to cut wood and carry it into the Market to ſell for his daily ſuſtenance, for his valure promoted in militarie honours, at laſt became the greateſt Monarch thatIapon had ſeene in eight hundred yeares,[…]
Japon
- Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)
Japon
- Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)
FromPortugueseJapão, fromMalayJepang, fromHokkien日本(Ji̍t-pún), fromMiddle Chinese日本(nyit pwonX, literally“sun origin”).
Japon m
- Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)
FromFrenchJapon.
Japon
- Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)
Japon m
- alternative spelling ofGjapon:Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)
Borrowed fromFrenchJapon.
Japon m
- (Jersey)Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)
Japon m
- Japan (acountry andarchipelago ofEast Asia)
Borrowed fromFrenchJapon.
- IPA(key): /ʒɑˈpon/,[ʒɑˈpʰo̞n̪]
Japon
- Japanese (native orinhabitant ofJapan)
Japon (uncomparable)
- Japanese (of, from or relating toJapan)
