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Japan en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• audio SSB
• /d͡ʒəˈpæn/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /d͡ʒəˈpan/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
• /d͡ʒəˈpɛn/ (New-Zealand)
• (US) audio
• [d͡ʒəˈpɛə̯n] (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, US) with æ-raising

Etymology

Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún)bor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan 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 pwon^X, “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 pwon^X, “sun origin”). Compare also modern Mandarin 日本 (Rìběn), Japanese 日本(にっぽん) (Nippon) / 日本(にほん) (Nihon) (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”).

Meanings

1. A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo.
   • 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. 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1
   • 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... 1985 February, Steve Jobs, interview with David Sheff, Playboy
   • In particular, Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan is quickly becoming a hotbed for tech investment from companies including TSMC and Fujifilm Holdings Corp (FUJIF). 2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business:
   • 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. 1889 Jan., Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying: An Observation", The Nineteenth Century
2. An archipelago of East Asia; in full, Japanese archipelago.

Forms

Deriveds

Japan plum · Japanese · Japan clover · japanware · Japanophile · Japan rose · Japan ink · Japanology · Japan camphor · Jap · japan · Japan tree lilac · Japanophilia · Japanize · Japan allspice · Japan black · Japan Current · Japan lacquer · Japan varnish · Sea of Japan · Japan cedar · Empire of Japan · Japan earth

Descendants

جَاپَان · Japahn · Iapani · Diyapan · ಜಪಾನ್ · ဂျပန် · Seapáin · ジャパン · Jepaan · ଜାପାନ୍ · جَاپَان · မိူင်းၵျႃႇပၢၼ်ႇ · ஜப்பான் · জাপান · Jèpáànì · Siapan · জাপান · Japan · Siapan · जपान · जापान · జపాను · ଜାପାନ · જાપાન

Relateds

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Synonyms

JPN · Land of the Rising Sun · Jap. · Yamato · Nippon · Dawnland · State of Japan · Jpn. · Nihon · Japonia · JP

Translations (259)

sq Japan (a country in East Asia) · he יַפָּן (a country in East Asia) · lzh 日本 (a country in East Asia) · ja 日の本 (a country in East Asia) · za Yizbwnj (a country in East Asia) · it Giappone (a country in East Asia) · sm Iapani (a country in East Asia) · eo Japanio (a country in East Asia) · ro Japonia (a country in East Asia) · pl Japonia (a country in East Asia) · lmo Gjapon (Giapon m) (a country in East Asia) · de Japan (a country in East Asia) · sah Япония (a country in East Asia) · lv Japāna (a country in East Asia) · nst Cyexpanx (a country in East Asia) · de Japan (a country in East Asia) · yo Jèpáànì (a country in East Asia) · ka იაპონია (a country in East Asia) · an Chapón (a country in East Asia) · dz ཇཱ་པཱན (a country in East Asia) · rsk Япон (a country in East Asia) · jje 웨국 (a country in East Asia) · ryu 大和 (a country in East Asia) · tg Ҷопон (a country in East Asia) · nds Japan (a country in East Asia) · es Zipango (a country in East Asia) · mfe Zapon (a country in East Asia) · gu જાપાન (a country in East Asia) · lb Japan (a country in East Asia) · uz Yaponiya (a country in East Asia) · wuh reben (a country in East Asia) · mnb Dhapa (a country in East Asia) · ab Иапониа (a country in East Asia) · bg Япо́ния (a country in East Asia) · fy Japan (a country in East Asia) · sh Jàpān (a country in East Asia) · uk Япо́нія (a country in East Asia) · am ጃፓን (a country in East Asia) · ms Jepun (a country in East Asia) · mvi 大和 (a country in East Asia) · da Japan (a country in East Asia) · udm Япония (a country in East Asia) · te జపాన్ (a country in East Asia) · zza Japonya (diq) (a country in East Asia) · ch Japan (a country in East Asia) · za Nditbonj (a country in East Asia) · gl Xapón (a country in East Asia) · nl Japan (a country in East Asia) · mr जपान (a country in East Asia) · pms Giapon (a country in East Asia) · sv Japan (a country in East Asia) · tg Жопон (a country in East Asia) · ml ജപ്പാന് (a country in East Asia) · io Japonia (a country in East Asia) · cs Japonsko (a country in East Asia) · dv ޖާފާނު (a country in East Asia) · chy Japan (a country in East Asia) · sk Japonsko (a country in East Asia) · nv Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé bikéyah (a country in East Asia) · mn Япон Улс (a country in East Asia) · pau Siabal (a country in East Asia) · et Jaapan (a country in East Asia) · mg Japana (a country in East Asia) · ja 日本 (a country in East Asia) · jv Jepang (a country in East Asia) · mnc ᡰᡳᠪᡝᠨ (a country in East Asia) · yi יאַפּאַן (a country in East Asia) · iu Niipan (a country in East Asia) · zh Жыбын (a country in East Asia) · sh Ја̀па̄н (a country in East Asia) · os Япон (a country in East Asia) · ca Japó (a country in East Asia) · ceb Hapon (a country in East Asia) · la Japonia (a country in East Asia) · bo རི་པིན (a country in East Asia) · ja 倭 (a country in East Asia) · kn ಜಪಾನ್ (a country in East Asia) · vo Yapän (a country in East Asia) · or ଜାପାନ (a country in East Asia) · zu IJapani (a country in East Asia) · sa जापान (a country in East Asia) · lij Giappon (a country in East Asia) · se Japána (a country in East Asia) · sgs Japuonėjė (a country in East Asia) · sc Giapone (a country in East Asia) · kmr Japon (a country in East Asia) · gv Yn Çhapaan (a country in East Asia) · ar الْيَابَان (a country in East Asia) · nb Japan (a country in East Asia) · ast Xapón (a country in East Asia) · izh Japoni (a country in East Asia) · rys 大和 (a country in East Asia) · mn ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (a country in East Asia) · or ଜାପାନ୍ (a country in East Asia) · frp J·apon (a country in East Asia) · fr le Japon (a country in East Asia) · ota ژاپنیا (a country in East Asia) · szl Japůńja (a country in East Asia) · sco Japan (a country in East Asia) · rad Za pô nê (a country in East Asia) · mk Јапонија (a country in East Asia) · ky Жапония (a country in East Asia) · hak 日本 (a country in East Asia) · vi Nhật Bổn (a country in East Asia) · co Giappone (a country in East Asia) · nap Giappone (a country in East Asia) · ru Япо́ния (a country in East Asia) · cy Japan (a country in East Asia) · ay Nihun (a country in East Asia) · vec Giapòn (a country in East Asia) · ss IJaphani (a country in East Asia) · ur جاپان (a country in East Asia) · hi जापान (a country in East Asia) · cbk Japón (a country in East Asia) · hu Japán (a country in East Asia) · bpy জাপান (a country in East Asia) · el Ιαπωνία (a country in East Asia) · xal Японь (a country in East Asia) · is Japan (a country in East Asia) · cjy 日本 (a country in East Asia) · es Cipango (a country in East Asia) · sat ᱡᱟᱯᱟᱱ (a country in East Asia) · la Iaponia (a country in East Asia) · cop ⲓⲏⲗⲓⲟⲡⲟⲛ (a country in East Asia) · dsb Japońska (a country in East Asia) · fa ژاپُن (a country in East Asia) · bo ཉི་ཧོང (a country in East Asia) · ty Tāpōnē (a country in East Asia) · pt Japão (a country in East Asia) · az Yaponiya (a country in East Asia) · fa جَاپَان (a country in East Asia) · vi Nhựt Bổn (a country in East Asia) · sc Giapponi (a country in East Asia) · br Japan (a country in East Asia) · tt Япония (a country in East Asia) · eo Japanujo (a country in East Asia) · ms Jepang (a country in East Asia) · ilo Japon (a country in East Asia) · tk Ýaponiýa (a country in East Asia) · af Japan (a country in East Asia) · frr Jaapaan (a country in East Asia) · eu Japonia (a country in East Asia) · ami Ripon (a country in East Asia) · fi Japani (a country in East Asia) · kk Жапония (a country in East Asia) · ja 大和 (a country in East Asia) · gag Yaponiya (a country in East Asia) · pdt Jaupaun (a country in East Asia) · ba Япония (a country in East Asia) · az ژاپون (a country in East Asia) · ak Yapan (a country in East Asia) · ss Japan (a country in East Asia) · wuu 日本 (a country in East Asia) · aii ܝܲܦܵܢ (a country in East Asia) · jje 일본 (a country in East Asia) · crh Japon (a country in East Asia) · crh Yaponiya (a country in East Asia) · mt Ġappun (a country in East Asia) · yue 日本 (a country in East Asia) · mi Tiapana (a country in East Asia) · xwo ᡕᠠᡌᡆᠨ (a country in East Asia) · vi Nhật Bản (a country in East Asia) · ln Zapɔ́ (a country in East Asia) · be Япо́нія (a country in East Asia) · sd جاپان (a country in East Asia) · lo ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (a country in East Asia) · sq Japoni (a country in East Asia) · nrf Japon (a country in East Asia) · ta ஜப்பான் (a country in East Asia) · zh 日本 (a country in East Asia) · nn Japan (a country in East Asia) · rar Tiapāni (a country in East Asia) · tpi Siapan (a country in East Asia) · sl Japónska (a country in East Asia) · ak Gyapan (a country in East Asia) · zh 日本 (a country in East Asia) · ks जापान (a country in East Asia) · new जापान (a country in East Asia) · lt Japonija (a country in East Asia) · si ජපානය (a country in East Asia) · sq Japonia (a country in East Asia) · scn Giappuni (a country in East Asia) · nah Xapōn (a country in East Asia) · pa جاپان (a country in East Asia) · es Japón (a country in East Asia) · ha Japan (a country in East Asia) · ga an tSeapáin (a country in East Asia) · hy Ճապոնիա (a country in East Asia) · tt Жапон (a country in East Asia) · co Ghjappone (a country in East Asia) · yoi 大和 (a country in East Asia) · ps جاپان (a country in East Asia) · pa ਜਪਾਨ (a country in East Asia) · vi Nhựt Bản (a country in East Asia) · li Japan (a country in East Asia) · ain シサㇺ (a country in East Asia) · ta யப்பான் (a country in East Asia) · tl Hapon (a country in East Asia) · ckb ژاپۆن (a country in East Asia) · mn ᠶᠠᠫᠣᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (a country in East Asia) · id Jepang (a country in East Asia) · hrx Schapong (a country in East Asia) · ml ജപ്പാൻ (a country in East Asia) · rom i Źapònia (a country in East Asia) · rm Giapun (a country in East Asia) · ace Jeupun (a country in East Asia) · alt Јопон (a country in East Asia) · xug 大和 (a country in East Asia) · ia Japon (a country in East Asia) · syl ꠎꠣꠙꠣꠘ (a country in East Asia) · km ជប៉ុន (a country in East Asia) · bug ᨍᨛᨄ (a country in East Asia) · ko 일본 (a country in East Asia) · cv Япони (a country in East Asia) · mh Japan (a country in East Asia) · haw Iāpana (a country in East Asia) · gd Iapan (a country in East Asia) · gur Yapan (a country in East Asia) · iu ᓃᑉᐊᓐ (a country in East Asia) · sw Japani (a country in East Asia) · ce Япон (a country in East Asia) · oc Japon (a country in East Asia) · bjn Japang (a country in East Asia) · sah Дьоппуон сирэ (a country in East Asia) · ady Японие (a country in East Asia) · kw Japan (a country in East Asia) · war Hapon (a country in East Asia) · qu Nihun (a country in East Asia) · ltg Japoneja (a country in East Asia) · csb Japóńskô (a country in East Asia) · my ဂျပန် (a country in East Asia) · mnc ᡰᡳ ᠪᡝᠨ (a country in East Asia) · cdo 日本 (a country in East Asia) · th ญี่ปุ่น (a country in East Asia) · bn জাপান (a country in East Asia) · khb ᦍᦲᧈᦔᦳᧃᧈ (a country in East Asia) · na Djapan (a country in East Asia) · chr ᏣᏆᏂ (a country in East Asia) · ne जापान (a country in East Asia) · fo Japan (a country in East Asia) · rue Япо́нія (a country in East Asia) · as জাপান (a country in East Asia) · so Jabaan (a country in East Asia) · az ياپونيا (a country in East Asia) · sc Giaponi (a country in East Asia) · sc Giappone (a country in East Asia) · gug Hapõ (a country in East Asia) · ug ياپونىيە (a country in East Asia) · ht Japon (a country in East Asia) · tbl Afun (a country in East Asia) · hsb Japanska (a country in East Asia) · ryu 大大和 (a country in East Asia) · tr Japonya (a country in East Asia) · wo Sapoŋ (a country in East Asia) · mrw Diyapan (a country in East Asia) · su Jepang (a country in East Asia) · pam apon (a country in East Asia) · bua Жибэн (a country in East Asia) · mkj Japahn (a country in East Asia)

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