Masculine
Japón
- (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)
- (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, uncommon) a surname
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Ja‧pón
Pronounced as (IPA)
/xaˈpon/
Etymology
In summary
Possibly from Portuguese Japão influenced by Early Manila Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún) as recorded in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642). Portuguese Japão is from Malay Jepang, itself from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), ultimately from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwon^X, literally “sun origin”).
Related words
Japonia
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