Japão

See also: Japaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Iapam (obsolete)
• Japam (obsolete)
• Japaõ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Malay Jepang / Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”). With obsolete forms with /j/ initials such as Iapam, possibly influenced by Cantonese 日本 (jat⁶ bun²), also from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈpɐ̃w̃/ [ʒaˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐˈpɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: Ja‧pão

• Audio (Brazil):

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Proper noun

Japão m

1. Japan (an archipelago and country off the eastern coast of Asia)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Japão.

Related terms

• japonês
• japonesar
• japónico
• japonismo
• japonizar

Descendants

Descendants

• → English: Japan, Giapan (obsolete), Japonia (obsolete), Japon (obsolete)
  • > Tok Pisin: Siapan (inherited)
  • → Bengali: জাপান (japan)
  • → Burmese: ဂျပန် (gya.pan)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: जापान (jāpān)

    • → Dhivehi: ޖާފާނު (jāfānu)

    Urdu: جاپان (jāpān)

  • → Irish: Seapáin
  • → Marathi: जपान (japān)
  • → Marshallese: Jepaan
  • → Persian:

    Dari: جَاپَان (jāpān)

  • ⇒ Samoan: Iapani
  • → Tamil: ஜப்பான் (jappāṉ)
  • → Telugu: జపాను (japānu)
  • → Yoruba: Jèpáànì
• → French: Japon
  • ⇒ Haitian Creole: Japon
  • → Italian: Giappone
  • → Khmer: ជប៉ុន (cĕəʼpon)
  • ⇒ Lombard: Gjapon
  • → Norman: Japon
  • → Persian:

    Iranian Persian: ژاپُن (žâpon)

  • ⇒ Piedmontese: Giapon
  • → Rade: Za pô nê (via japonais)
  • → Turkish: Japon
  • → Venetian: Giapòn
• → Latin: Iaponia, Iappōnia, Japonia (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: Japón
  • → Guaraní: Hapõ
  • → Tagalog: Hapon, Sapon (obsolete)