Japão
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See also: Japaõ
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay Jepang / Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puənX, 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 puənX, literally “sun origin”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Japão m
- Japan (an archipelago and country off the eastern coast of Asia)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:Japão.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Descendants
- → English: Japan, Giapan (obsolete), Japonia (obsolete), Japon (obsolete)
- → French: Japon
- → Latin: Iaponia, Iappōnia, Japonia (see there for further descendants)
- → Spanish: Japón
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Malay
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Malay
- Portuguese terms derived from Hokkien
- Portuguese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Cantonese
- Portuguese terms derived from Cantonese
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Japan
- pt:Islands
- pt:Countries in Asia
- pt:Countries
- Portuguese exonyms