Japão
Meaning
Japan (an archipelago and country off the eastern coast of Asia)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Ja‧pão
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʒaˈpɐ̃w̃/
Etymology
From Malay Jepang / Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”). With obsolete forms with /j/ initials such as Iapam, possibly influenced by Cantonese 日本 (jat⁶ bun²), also from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).
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