Japón
Meaning
- (by-personal-gender,feminine,masculine) Japan (an island country in East Asia).
- (by-personal-gender,feminine,masculine,uncommon) a surname.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Ja‧pón
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/xaˈpon/
Etymology
From either Portuguese Japão or directly from Early Manila Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún) as recorded in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642), ultimately from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).
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