Japão

See also: Japaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From either or both:

Indonesian Malay Jepang, from Teochew 日本 (rig⁸ bung²), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, “sun origin”).
Malay Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, “sun origin”).

With obsolete terms with /j/ initials such as Iapam, possibly influenced by Cantonese 日本 (jat⁶ bun²), also from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, “sun origin”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈpɐ̃w̃/ [ʒaˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐˈpɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: Ja‧pão
Audio (Brazil): (file)

Proper noun

Japão m

Japan (an archipelago and country off the eastern coast of Asia)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Japão.

Related terms

Descendants

Borrowings may also be from Dutch Japan.

Descendants

→ Arabic: اليابان (al-yābān)
→ Danish: Japan
→ English: Japan, Giapan (obsolete); Japonia (obsolete); Japon (obsolete)
- → Bengali: জাপান (japan)
- → Burmese: ဂျပန် (gya.pan)
- → Hindi: जापान (jāpān)
- → Irish: Seapáin
- → Marathi: जपान (japān)
- → Marshallese: Jepaan
- → Tamil: ஜப்பான் (jappāṉ)
- → Telugu: జపాను (japānu)
- → Urdu: جاپان (jāpān)
- → Yoruba: Jèpáànì
→ Estonian: Jaapan
→ Finnish: Japani
→ French: Japon
- Haitian Creole: Japon
- → Italian: Giappone
- → Lombard: Gjapon
- → Norman: Japon
- → Persian: ژاپن (žâpon)
- → Rade: Za pô nê (via japonais)
- → Turkish: Japon
- → Venetian: Giapòn
→ German: Japan
→ Icelandic: Japan
→ Hebrew: יפן (yapan)
→ Hungarian: Japán
→ Latvian: Japāna (perhaps via another European borrowing)
→ Norwegian: Japan
→ Romanian: Japonia
→ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: Јапан
- Latin script: Japan
→ Spanish: Japón
- → Tagalog: Hapon
→ Swedish: Japan
→ West Frisian: Japan