Japono

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French Japon, Italian Giappone, Russian Япо́ния (Japónija), Spanish Japón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaˈpono/, /d͡ʒaˈpono/

Proper noun

Japono

1. (archaic) Japan

   Synonym: Japonia

   • 1909, L'Espérantiste, page 74:

     La Yorodzu Choko esas un de la max populara jurnali en Japono, ed ol havas inter sa lektanti tre granda nombro de studenti.

     The Yorodzu Choko is one of the most popular newspapers in Japan, and it has among its readers a very large number of students.

   • 1910, Mondo, page 160:

     Anke existas en Japono ampla verkaro ed aparas specala jurnali pri la ludo.

     There also exists a vast literaturo in Japan and special magazines appear about the game.

   • 1913, “Japonano pri Japono”, in Mondolinguo: Weltsprache, page 86:

     Sioro Shuho Chiba, redaktero de Tokio, diskursis en Zürich pri Japono, en januaro di ca yaro, e, quo esas tre remarkinda fakto: en germana linguo quan il sat bone praktikis.

     Mister Shuho Chiba, an editor from Tokio, talked about Japan in Zurich in January of this year, and, what is a very remarkable fact: in the German language that he knew well enough.

Derived terms

• Japonana