ⲓⲏⲗⲓⲟⲡⲟⲛ

Coptic

a satellite image showing Japan

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْيَابَان (al-yābān, “Japan”).

Proper noun

ⲓⲏⲗⲓⲟⲡⲟⲛ • (iēliopon) ?

1. (Bohairic) Japan (a country in Asia)

References

• Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum