Land of the Rising Sun

English

the flag of Japan symbolizes a sunrise

Etymology

Loose calque of Japanese 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”, literally “origin of the sun”) or 日の本の国 (Hinomoto-no-kuni, literally “land of the sun's origin”).

Proper noun

the Land of the Rising Sun

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

Translations

Japan

• Arabic: أَرْضُ الشَّمْسِ الْمُشْرِقَةِ f (ʔarḍu š-šamsi l-mušriqati)
• Catalan: Terra del Sol Naixent f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旭日之國／旭日之国 (xùrì zhī guó)

• Czech: Země vycházejícího slunce f
• Danish: Opgående sols land n
• Dutch: Land van de Rijzende Zon n, land van de rijzende zon n
• Estonian: Tõusva päikese maa
• Finnish: Nousevan auringon maa
• French: pays du Soleil Levant (fr) m, pays du Soleil-Levant (fr) m
• Georgian: ამომავალი მზის ქვეყანა (amomavali mzis kveq̇ana)
• German: Land der aufgehenden Sonne (de) n
• Greek: Χώρα του Ανατέλλοντος Ηλίου f (Chóra tou Anatéllontos Ilíou)
• Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ הָעוֹלָה (he) f ('Éretz ha-Shémesh ha-Olá)
• Hindi: उगते सूरज का देश m (ugte sūraj kā deś), उदयवर्ष m (udayvarṣ)
• Hungarian: Felkelő Nap Országa, felkelő nap országa
• Indonesian: Negeri Matahari Terbit, Tanah Matahari Terbit
• Italian: Paese del Sol Levante m
• Japanese: 日出づる国 (hi izuru kuni), 日の本 (ja) (hi no moto), 日の本の国 (ja) (hi no moto no kuni)
• Korean: 떠오르는 태양의 땅 (Tteooreuneun taeyang'ui ttang)
• Lithuanian: Tekančios Saulės šalis
• Persian: سرزمین آفتاب تابان (sarzamin-e âftâb-e tâbân)
• Polish: Kraj Wschodzącego Słońca (pl) m
• Portuguese: Terra do Sol Nascente (pt) f
• Romanian: Țara Soarelui Răsare
• Russian: Страна́ Восходя́щего Со́лнца f (Straná Vosxodjáščevo Sólnca)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Зѐмља излазећег су̑нца f

  Roman: Zèmlja izlazećeg sȗnca f

• Slovak: Krajina vychádzajúceho slnka f
• Spanish: Tierra del Sol Naciente f
• Swedish: Soluppgångens land n, Uppgående solens land n
• Thai: แดนอาทิตย์อุทัย (dɛɛn aa-tít-ù-tai), อาทิตย์อุทัย (aa-tít-ù-tai)
• Turkish: Doğan Güneşin Ülkesi
• Vietnamese: Đất nước Mặt Trời mọc

See also

• Rising Sun