Japão

See also: Japaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Iapam (obsolete)
• Japam (obsolete)
• Japaõ (obsolete)

Etymology

From either or both:

• Indonesian Malay Jepang, from Teochew 日本 (Ji̍k-púng), 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):

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Proper noun

Japão m

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Japão.

Related terms

• japonês
• japonesar
• japónico
• japonismo
• japonizar

Descendants

Borrowings may also be from Dutch Japan.

Descendants

• → Arabic: اليابان (al-yābān)
• → Danish: Japan
• → English: Japan, Giapan; Japonia; Japon
  • → 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