Japan

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Proper noun 3 Bosnian 3.1 Proper noun 4 Croatian 4.1 Proper noun 5 Dutch 5.1 Proper noun 6 German 6.1 Proper noun 6.2 See also 7 Icelandic 7.1 Proper noun 7.2 See also 8 Norwegian 8.1 Proper noun 8.1.1 Related terms 9 Serbian 9.1 Proper noun 9.2 See also 10 Swedish 10.1 Proper noun

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Wikipedia

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From Dutch Japan or Portuguese Japão, from Malay Japang, from Chinese 日本 (jih-pǔn).

Although the earliest form of "Japan" in Europe was Marco Polo's "Chipangu", the first recorded form in English was in a letter dated February 19, 1565 (published 1577), spelt “Giapan”. “Of the Ilande of Giapan”, by Luīs Fróis (a Portuguese Jesuit missionary in Japan), published in Richard Willes, “The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies” (London 1577), cited in “Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery”, by Peter C. Mancall, pp. 156–57.

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• IPA: /ˌdʒəˈpæn/, SAMPA: /%dZ@"p{n/
• Rhymes: -æn

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Singular Japan

Plural -

Japan

1. An island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located the east of China, Korea and Russia.

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• Nihon, Nippon

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• Jap
• Japanese
• Japanize
• Japanology
• Japanophile
• Japanophilia
• Nip
• Nipponism
• Nipponize
• Sea of Japan

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• Countries of the world

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Japan

1. Japan

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Japan m.

1. Japan

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Japan m.

1. Japan

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Japan

1. Japan

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Japan n.

1. Japan

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• Japaner
• Japanerin
• Japanisch
• japanisch

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Declension of Japan
	(singular)		(plural)
	(indefinite)	(definite)	(indefinite)	(definite)
nominative	Japan	-	-	-
accusative	Japan	-	-	-
dative	Japani	-	-	-
genitive	Japans	-	-	-
Other words with the same declension

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Japan n. (genitive singular Japans)

1. Japan

   Ég fer til Japans.

   I'm going to Japan.

   Hvar er Japan staðsett á kortinu?

   Where is Japan located on the map?

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• Japani
• japanska

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Japan

1. Japan

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• japaner
• japansk

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Japan m.

1. Japan

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• Јапан

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Japan

1. Japan