Japon

See also: japon, japón, and Japón

English

Alternative forms

• Iapon

Etymology

Possibly from New Latin Iapō̆nia or French Japon or Cantonese 日本 (jat⁶ bun²).

Proper noun

Japon

1. Obsolete form of Japan.
   • 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of the Islands of Iapon, and Their Religions.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book V (Of the East-Indies: And of the Seas and Ilands about Asia, with Their Religions), page 442:

     Thus he [Toyotomi Hideyoshi], which in his youth had vſed to cut wood and carry it into the Market to ſell for his daily ſuſtenance, for his valure promoted in militarie honours, at laſt became the greateſt Monarch that Iapon had ſeene in eight hundred yeares, […]

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Japon

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

Crimean Tatar

Alternative spellings
Arabic	ژاپون
Soviet Latin	Ƶapon
Romanian Latin	Japon
Cyrillic	Жапон / Япон
Ukranian Latin	Japon

Proper noun

Japon

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

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Hokkien 日本 / Ji̍t-púnbor.

Malay Jepangbor.

Portuguese Japãobor.

French Japon

From Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwon^X, literally “sun origin”).

Pronunciation

• (Europe) IPA^(key): /ʒa.pɔ̃/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ʒa.põ/, /ʒɑ.põ/

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Proper noun

Japon m

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

Derived terms

• anémone du Japon
• japanimation
• japonais
• japonerie
• japonisant
• japoniser
• japonisme
• japonologie
• mer du Japon
• renouée du Japon

Descendants

• ⇒ 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
• → Venetan: Giapòn

See also

countries in Asia: pays d'Asie (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Arabie saoudite
• Arménie
• Azerbaïdjan
• Bahreïn
• Bangladesh
• Bhoutan
• Birmanie
• Brunei
• Cambodge
• Chine
• Chypre
• Corée du Nord
• Corée du Sud
• Émirats arabes unis
• Géorgie
• Inde
• Indonésie
• Irak
• Iran
• Israël
• Japon
• Jordanie
• Kazakhstan
• Kirghizistan
• Koweït
• Laos
• Liban
• Malaisie
• Maldives
• Mongolie
• Népal
• Oman
• Ouzbékistan
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russie
• Singapour
• Sri Lanka
• Syrie
• Tadjikistan
• Thaïlande
• Timor oriental
• Turkménistan
• Turquie
• Vietnam
• Yémen

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French Japon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒapɔ̃/

Proper noun

Japon

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

Related terms

• japonè

Lombard

Proper noun

Japon m

1. alternative spelling of Gjapon: Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French Japon.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Proper noun

Japon m

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

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒaˈpu/

Proper noun

Japon m

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

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Japon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑˈpon/, [ʒɑˈpʰo̞n̪]

Proper noun

Japon

1. Japanese (native or inhabitant of Japan)

Adjective

Japon (uncomparable)

1. Japanese (of, from or relating to Japan)

Synonyms

• Japonyalı

Derived terms

• Japonca