Iaponia

English

Proper noun

Iaponia

1. Alternative spelling of Japonia.
   • 1619, W. W. Gent, A Briefe Relation of the Persecution Lately Made Against the Catholike Crhstians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, volume 1, page 6:

     becauſe theſe moſt worthy Chriſtiãs of Iaponia whereof this relatiõ doth entreate be of the ſame Chriſtian and Catholike Fayth and Religon^[sic] that you be

Latin

Alternative forms

• Iappōnia, Japō̆nia

Etymology

Etymology tree

Hokkien 日本 / Ji̍t-púnbor.

Malay Jepangbor.

Portuguese Japãobor.

French Japon?

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)der.

Ancient Greek -υς (-us)?

Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)?

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.

Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă)

Ancient Greek -ειᾰ (-eiă)der.

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

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Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă)

Ancient Greek -ειᾰ (-eiă)der.

Latin -ia

Latin Iapō̆nia

From possibly French Japon +‎ -ia or Cantonese 日本 (jat⁶ bun²) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [jaˈpoː.ni.a], [jaˈpɔ.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [jaˈpɔː.ni.a]

Proper noun

Iapō̆nia f sg (genitive Iapō̆niae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)

Usage notes

• There is no unity among those users of New Latin who distinguish vowel length as to whether the "o" of the stem should be long or short; further, the form Iappōnia is also found.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iapō̆nia
genitive	Iapō̆niae
dative	Iapō̆niae
accusative	Iapō̆niam
ablative	Iapō̆niā
vocative	Iapō̆nia

Derived terms

• iapō̆nicus

Related terms

• iapō̆nus
• Japō

Descendants

Descendants

• → Albanian: Japoni, Japonia
• → Belarusian: Японія (Japónija)
• → Bulgarian: Япония (Japonija)
• ⇒ Czech: Japonsko
• → Greek: Ιαπωνία (Iaponía)
• ⇒ Kashubian: Japóńskô
• → Lithuanian: Japonija
• → Macedonian: Јапонија (Japonija)
• → Polish: Japonia
• → Romanian: Japonia
• → Russian: Япония (Japonija), Япо́нія (Japónija) — pre-1918 spelling
  • → Armenian: Յապոնիա (Yaponia)
  • → Azerbaijani: Yaponiya
  • → Bashkir: Япония (Yaponiya)
  • → Gagauz: Yaponiya
  • → Georgian: იაპონია (iaṗonia)
  • → Kazakh: Жапония (Japoniä)
  • → Kyrgyz: Жапония (Japoniya)
  • → Mongolian: Япон (Japon)
  • → Turkmen: Ýaponiýa
  • → Uzbek: Yaponiya
• ⇒ Slovak: Japonsko
• ⇒ Slovene: Japonska
• → Ukrainian: Японія (Japonija)