Japan

== English == === Alternative forms === Giapan (obsolete) Japonia (obsolete) Japon (obsolete) === Etymology === First attested in English as Giapan in Richard Willes's 1577 The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies (cited in Peter C. Mancall's Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery, pp. 156–57), translating a 19 February 1565 letter of the Portuguese Jesuit missionary Luís Fróis as "Of the Ilande of Giapan". Borrowed from Portuguese Japam / Japão with possible influence from Dutch Japan, both from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, “sun origin”). With /j/ readings, such as Iaponia / Japonia / Japon / Iapon from possibly Cantonese 日本 (jat6 bun2), also from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, “sun origin”). Compare also modern Mandarin 日本 (Rìběn), Japanese 日本(にっぽ​ん) (Nippo​n) / 日本(にほ​ん) (Niho​n) (whence English doublets Nippon and Nihon), Korean 일본 (Ilbon) (日本), Vietnamese Nhật Bản (日本). The earliest form of Japan in Europe was Marco Polo's Cipangu, from some form of synonymous Sinitic 日本國 / 日本国 (“Japan state”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈpæn/ (Standard Southern British, Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈpan/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈpɛn/ Rhymes: -æn === Proper noun === Japan A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo. Synonyms: Dawnland, JP, JPN, Jap., Japonia, Jpn., Land of the Rising Sun, Nihon, (puristic) Nippon, State of Japan, Yamato 1889 Jan., Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying: An Observation", The Nineteenth Century: Vivian: If you set a picture by Hokusai, or Hokkei, 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 in Japan are not unlike the general run of English people; that is to say, they are extremely commonplace, and have nothing curious or extraordinary about them. In fact the whole of Japan 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 to Tokio. On the contrary, you will stay at home and steep yourself in the work of certain Japanese 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 the Park or stroll down Piccadilly, 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—the stereo industry and the automobile 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 know Japan have expressed concern?Douglas: What, the whole country?Nolan: No, not the whole... Mr Yamamoto.Douglas: He's important, isn't he?Nolan: He's the major shareholder. An archipelago of East Asia; in full, Japanese archipelago. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === 🗾 Appendix:Countries of the world === Further reading === Japan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Japan on Wikiquote.Wikiquote Japan on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage Category:Japan on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Afrikaans == === Etymology === Inherited from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, literally “sun origin”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Japan Japan (a country in East Asia; capital: Tokio) ==== Derived terms ==== Japannees Japanner Japans == Cornish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Japan, from Portuguese Japão or Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dʒaˈpan/ === Proper noun === Japan Japan (a country in East Asia) Synonym: Nihon ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Danish == === Etymology === From Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, literally “sun origin”). === Proper noun === Japan Japan (a country in East Asia) ==== Related terms ==== japaner japansk ==== Descendants ==== → Faroese: Japan → Icelandic: Japan == Dutch == === Etymology === From Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, literally “sun origin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jaːˈpɑn/ Hyphenation: Ja‧pan Rhymes: -ɑn === Proper noun === Japan n Japan (a country in East Asia) ==== Derived terms ==== Japanner Japans ==== Descendants ==== == Faroese == === Etymology === From Danish Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, literally “sun origin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjaːpan/ === Proper noun === Japan Japan (a country in East Asia) ==== Related terms ==== japani, japanari japanskur == German == === Etymology === From Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, literally “sun origin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjaːpan/ === Proper noun === Japan n (proper noun, genitive Japans or (optionally with an article) Japan) Japan (a country in East Asia) Synonym: Land der aufgehenden Sonne ==== Descendants ==== → Estonian: Jaapan → Finnish: Japani → Hungarian: Japán → Ladin: Iapan → Latvian: Japāna → Norwegian: Japan → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: Јапан Latin script: Japan → Yiddish: יאַפּאַן (yapan)→ Hebrew: יפן (yapan) === See also === Japaner Japanisch japanisch === Further reading === “Japan”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Japan” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Japan” in Duden online Japan on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Hausa == === Etymology === From English Japan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /(d)ʒà.pân/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [d͡ʒə̀.pâŋ] === Proper noun === Jàpân f Japan (a country in East Asia) == Icelandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Danish Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, literally “sun origin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjaːpʰa(ː)n/ === Proper noun === Japan n (proper noun, genitive singular Japan or (rare) Japans) Japan (a country in East Asia) ==== Declension ==== === See also === Japani japanska == Japanese == === Romanization === Japan Rōmaji transcription of ジャパン == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, literally “sun origin”). === Proper noun === Japan Japan (a country in East Asia) ==== Related terms ==== japaner japansk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, literally “sun origin”). === Proper noun === Japan Japan (a country in East Asia) ==== Related terms ==== japanar japansk == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, literally “sun origin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jǎpaːn/ Hyphenation: Ja‧pan === Proper noun === Jàpān m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ја̀па̄н, relational adjective jàpānskī, demonym Japánac, female demonym Jàpānka) Japan (a country in East Asia) ==== Declension ==== == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Japan alternative form of Japani == Swedish == === Etymology === From Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX, literally “sun origin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /¹jɑːpan/ === Proper noun === Japan n (genitive Japans) Japan (a country in East Asia) ==== Related terms ==== japan japansk japanska ==== See also ==== === References === “Japan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH == Welsh == === Alternative forms === Siapan === Etymology === Borrowed from English Japan. === Proper noun === Japan m (not mutable) Japan (a country in East Asia) ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Japanead (“Japanese”, noun) Japaneaidd (“Japanese”, adjective) ==== Related terms ==== bras melyn Japan (“Japanese yellowhammer”) clymog Japan (“Japanese knotweed”) Japanead (“Japanese person”) Japaneaidd (“Japanese”, adjective) tewbig Japan (“Japanese hawfinch”)