Figenoiama

See also: Figenojama

Latin

Alternative forms

• Figenojama

Etymology

From a Japanese name for the mountain, 富士の山 (ふじのやま, Fuji no yama).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fi.ɡeˈnoi̯.i̯a.ma/, [fɪɡɛˈnɔi̯ːämä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.d͡ʒeˈno.ja.ma/, [fid͡ʒeˈnɔːjämä]

Proper noun

Figenoiama f (indeclinable)

1. Mount Fuji (the highest mountain in Japan)
   • 1589, Ioannes Petrus Maffeius, Historiarum Indicarum, volume XII, page 149:

     alter Figenoiama nomine, Leucarum aliquot aſcenſu trans nubes attolitur.

     the other, Fuji no yama by name, is elevated above the clouds by an ascent of some leagues.

   • 1628, Iohannes Ludovicus Gotofredus, Archontologia Cosmica‎^[1]:

     alter Figenoiama dictus tantæ altitudinis eſt, vt etiam ipſas nubes altiſſimo interuallo ſuperet.

     the other, called Fuji no yama, is of such height, that it surmounts even the clouds themselves by a most high interval.

   Synonym: Mōns Fusius