Japan
English
/dʒəˈpæn/
proper noun
Definitions
- An island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located to the east of China, Korea and Russia.
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish Japan derived from Portuguese Japão derived from Malay Jepang (Japan) derived from Cantonese 日本 derived from 日本 (Japan) derived from Middle Chinese 日本 (Land of the Rising Sun) derived from Old Chinese 日本.
Origin
Old Chinese
日本
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Japanese English
- Japanesely English
- Japaneseness English
- Japanesey English
- Japanesque English
- Japanification English
- Japanism English
- Japanize English
- Japanological English
- Japanologist English
- Japanology English
- Japanophile English
- Niphon English
- Russo-Japanese English
- Sino-Japanese English
- antijapanese English
- japannish English
- nihonium English
- non-Japanese English
- tippula Latin
- Japan German
- nippofilia Italian
- nipponismo Italian
- Japan Dutch, Flemish
- Japanner Dutch, Flemish
- Japans Dutch, Flemish
- japanologe Dutch, Flemish
- japanologie Dutch, Flemish
- japanoloog Dutch, Flemish
- Japon French
- nippon French
- нихо́ний Russian
- Japón Spanish, Castilian
- nipofilia Spanish, Castilian
- nipón Spanish, Castilian
- Japan Norwegian Bokmål
- Japão Portuguese
- nipofilia Portuguese
- Japan Swedish
- ジャパン Japanese
- 日 Japanese
- 日本 Japanese
- 日本刀 Japanese
- 日本学 Japanese
- 日本川獺 Japanese
- 日本料理 Japanese
- 日本狼 Japanese
- 日本語 Japanese
- 日本銀行 Japanese
- 日本鹿 Japanese
- 本 Japanese
- Japan Norwegian Nynorsk
- Seapáin Irish
- Seapáinis Irish
- Seapánach Irish
- Japan Danish
- اليابان Arabic
- Japan Serbo-Croatian
- Japan Icelandic
- उदयवर्ष Hindi
- जापान Hindi
- Jepang Indonesian
- nippono- Translingual
- Japan Afrikaans
- జపాను Telugu
- Nhật Bản Vietnamese
- Nhật Bổn Vietnamese
- viêm não Nhật Bản Vietnamese
- Jepang Malay
- Jepun Malay
- ဂျပန် Burmese
- יפן Hebrew (modern)
- Jaapan Estonian
- Japon Chinese
- জাপান Chinese
- 日本 Chinese
- ^일본 Korean
- 일본원숭이 Korean
- जपान Marathi
- Jepaan Marshallese
- Nibbon̄ Marshallese
- ri-Jepaan Marshallese
- Yapän Volapük
- siapan Tok Pisin
- ஜப்பான் Tamil
- ਜਪਾਨ Panjabi, Punjabi
- Nipono Maori
- မိူင်း Shan
- မိူင်းၵျႃႇပၢၼ်ႇ Shan
- ၵျႃႇပၢၼ်ႇ Shan
- 日本 Middle Chinese
- 日本 nan-hok
- 日本 Cantonese
- itpon Yami
- 日本 Old Chinese
- Ниӿоӈ Nivkh