Gjapon

== Lombard == === Alternative forms === Giapon, Giappon, Japon (Western orthographies) Giapù (Eastern orthographies) === Etymology === From French Japon, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX). Compare Italian Giappone, Piedmontese Giapon, Friulian Gjapon. === Pronunciation === (Milan, Western) IPA(key): /dʒaˈpon/, [dʒaˈpũː(ŋ)] (Brescia, Eastern) IPA(key): /dʒaˈpon/, [dʒaˈpuː] === Proper noun === Gjapon m Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia) ==== Derived terms ==== gjapones