Iaponia

English

Proper noun

Iaponia

1. Alternative spelling of Japonia
   • 1619, W. W. Gent, A Briefe Relation of the Persecution Lately Made Against the Catholike Crhstians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, volume 1, page 6:

     becauſe theſe moſt worthy Chriſtiãs of Iaponia whereof this relatiõ doth entreate be of the ſame Chriſtian and Catholike Fayth and Religon^[sic] that you be

Latin

Alternative forms

• Iappōnia, Japō̆nia

Etymology

From Cantonese 日本 (jat⁶ bun²) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯aˈpoː.ni.a/, [i̯äˈpoːniä] or IPA^(key): /i̯aˈpo.ni.a/, [i̯äˈpɔniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jaˈpo.ni.a/, [jäˈpɔːniä]

Proper noun

Iapō̆nia f sg (genitive Iapō̆niae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Japan

Usage notes

• There is no unity among those users of New Latin who distinguish vowel length as to whether the "o" of the stem should be long or short; further, the form Iappōnia is also found.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iapō̆nia
Genitive	Iapō̆niae
Dative	Iapō̆niae
Accusative	Iapō̆niam
Ablative	Iapō̆niā
Vocative	Iapō̆nia

Derived terms

• iapō̆nicus

Related terms

• iapō̆nus
• Japō

Descendants

• → Russian: Япония (Japonija), Япо́нія (Japónija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Armenian: Յապոնիա (Yaponia)
  • → Bashkir: Япония (Yaponiya)