Japonia

See also: Iaponia

English

Alternative forms

• Iaponia

Etymology

From New Latin Japō̆nia, also spelled Iapō̆nia, through Japon +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæˈpəʊniə/

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Proper noun

Japonia

1. (obsolete) Japan: A country and archipelago of East Asia.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.VI:

     In Japonia, 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends.

   • 1702, Jeremy Taylor, Contemplations of the State of Man in this Life, And in That which is to come, 6th edition, page 193:

     THE Tyrants of Japonia invented a ſtrange Torment for thoſe who confeſſed Chriſt

Albanian

Proper noun

Japonia

1. definite nominative singular of Japoni

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟaponia/ [ɟa.po.ni.a]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /japonia/ [ja.po.ni.a]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /japonia/ [ja.po.ni.a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒaponia/ [d͡ʒa.po.ni.a]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /japonia/ [ja.po.ni.a]

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• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Hyphenation: Ja‧po‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Japonia inan

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

Declension

Declension of Japonia (inan a-stem)

	indefinite
absolutive	Japonia
ergative	Japoniak
dative	Japoniari
genitive	Japoniaren
comitative	Japoniarekin
causative	Japoniarengatik
benefactive	Japoniarentzat
instrumental	Japoniaz
innesive	Japonian
locative	Japoniako
allative	Japoniara
terminative	Japoniaraino
directive	Japoniarantz
destinative	Japoniarako
ablative	Japoniatik
partitive	Japoniarik
prolative	Japoniatzat

Derived terms

• japoniar (“Japanese”)
• japoniera (“Japanese language”)

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iaponia. Decision no. 1354, Progreso VII.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaˈpo.ni̯a/, /d͡ʒaˈpo.ni̯a/

Proper noun

Japonia

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

   Synonym: Japono

Derived terms

• Japoniano (“Japanese (person)”)
• Japoniana (“Japanese (language, culture)”)

References

• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 194

Latin

Proper noun

Japō̆nia f sg (genitive Japō̆niae); first declension

1. alternative typography of Iapō̆nia: Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Japō̆nia
genitive	Japō̆niae
dative	Japō̆niae
accusative	Japō̆niam
ablative	Japō̆niā
vocative	Japō̆nia

Derived terms

• japō̆nicus

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈpɔɲ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɲja
• Syllabification: Ja‧pon‧ia

Proper noun

Japonia f

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

Declension

Declension of Japonia

	singular	plural
nominative	Japonia	Japonie
genitive	Japonii	Japonii
dative	Japonii	Japoniom
accusative	Japonię	Japonie
instrumental	Japonią	Japoniami
locative	Japonii	Japoniach
vocative	Japonio	Japonie

Derived terms

adjectives

• japoński

nouns

• Japonka
• Japończyk

Further reading

• Japonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Japonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Japonia

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Japonia f

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