Japão

See also: Japaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Malay Jepang, from Jepun, from Min Nan 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒa.ˈpɐ̃w̃/

Proper noun

Japão m

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

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Japão.

Related terms

• japonês
• japonesar
• japónico
• japonismo
• japonizar

Descendants

Borrowings may also be from Dutch Japan.

• → Arabic: اليابان‎ (al-yābān)
• → Danish: Japan
• → English: Japan
  • → Bengali: জাপান (japan)
  • → Burmese: ဂျပန် (gya.pan)
  • → Hindi: जापान (jāpān)
  • → Irish: Seapáin
  • → Marathi: जपान (japān)
  • → Tamil: ஜப்பான் (jappāṉ)
  • → Telugu: జపాను (japānu)
  • → Urdu: جاپان‎ (jāpān)
• → Estonian: Jaapan
• → Finnish: Japani
• → French: Japon
  • Haitian Creole: Japon
  • → Italian: Giappone
  • → Norman: Japon
  • → Persian: ژاپن‎ (žâpon)
  • → Rade: Za pô nê (via japonais)
  • → Turkish: Japon
  • → Venetian: Giapòn
• → German: Japan
• → Icelandic: Japan
• → Hebrew: יפן‎ (yapan)
• → Hungarian: Japán
• → Latvian: Japāna (perhaps via another European borrowing)
• → Norwegian: Japan
• → Romanian: Japonia
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic: Јапан
  • Latin: Japan
• → Spanish: Japón
  • → Tagalog: Hapon
• → Swedish: Japan
• → West Frisian: Japan