Japonia

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See also: Iaponia

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From New Latin Japonia, also spelled Iaponia, through Japon +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒæˈpəʊniə/

Proper noun

Japonia

  1. (obsolete) Japan
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.VI:
      In Japonia, 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends.
    • 1702, Jeremy Taylor, Contemplations of the State of Man in this Life, And in That which is to come, 6th edition, page 193:
      THE Tyrants of Japonia invented a ſtrange Torment for thoſe who confeſſed Chriſt

Albanian

Proper noun

Japonia

  1. definite nominative singular of Japoni

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟaponia/ [ɟa.po.ni.a]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /japonia/ [ja.po.ni.a]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒaponia/ [d͡ʒa.po.ni.a]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /japonia/ [ja.po.ni.a]

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  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧po‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Japonia inan

  1. Japan

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iaponia. Decision no. 1354, Progreso VII.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaˈpo.ni̯a/, /d͡ʒaˈpo.ni̯a/

Proper noun

Japonia

  1. Japan
    Synonym: Japono

Derived terms

References

  • Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 194

Latin

Proper noun

Japonia f sg (genitive Japoniae); first declension

  1. Alternative spelling of Iaponia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Japonia f

  1. Japan (a country in East Asia)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • Japonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Japonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Japonia

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Japonia f

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