Iaponia
English edit
Proper noun edit
Iaponia
- 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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Cantonese 日本 (jat6 bun2) + -ia.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /i̯aˈpoː.ni.a/, [i̯äˈpoːniä] or IPA(key): /i̯aˈpo.ni.a/, [i̯äˈpɔniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /jaˈpo.ni.a/, [jäˈpɔːniä]
Proper noun edit
Iapō̆nia f sg (genitive Iapō̆niae); first declension
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Iapō̆nia |
Genitive | Iapō̆niae |
Dative | Iapō̆niae |
Accusative | Iapō̆niam |
Ablative | Iapō̆niā |
Vocative | Iapō̆nia |