Meaning

1 senses
  1. (rare, uncountable)Japan.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Japan is called "Nippon" in Japanese.

    ruЯпония по-японски будет "Ниппон". — marafon

    deJapan heißt auf Japanisch "Nippon". — atitarev

Origin

Learned borrowing from Japanese 日本(にっぽん) (Nippon), an alternative or older form of 日本(にほん)

Learned borrowing from Japanese 日本(にっぽん) (Nippon), an alternative or older form of 日本(にほん) (Nihon). Doublet of Nihon and Japan.

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Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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