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Japão

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See also: Japaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay Jepang / Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”). With obsolete forms with /j/ initials such as Iapam, possibly influenced by Cantonese 日本 (jat⁶ bun²), also from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “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

Descendants

→ English: Japan, Giapan (obsolete), Japonia (obsolete), Japon (obsolete)
- > Tok Pisin: Siapan (inherited)
- → Bengali: জাপান (japan)
- → Burmese: ဂျပန် (gya.pan)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: जापान (jāpān)
  - → Dhivehi: ޖާފާނު (jāfānu)
  Urdu: جاپان (jāpān)
- → Irish: Seapáin
- → Marathi: जपान (japān)
- → Marshallese: Jepaan
- → Persian:
  Dari: جَاپَان (jāpān)
- ⇒ Samoan: Iapani
- → Tamil: ஜப்பான் (jappāṉ)
- → Telugu: జపాను (japānu)
- → Welsh: Japan
- → Welsh: Siapan
- → Yoruba: Jèpáànì
→ French: Japon
- ⇒ Haitian Creole: Japon
- → Italian: Giappone
- → Khmer: ជប៉ុន (cĕəʼpon)
- ⇒ Lombard: Gjapon
- → Norman: Japon
- → Persian:
  Iranian Persian: ژاپُن (žâpon)
- ⇒ Piedmontese: Giapon
- → Rade: Za pô nê (via japonais)
- → Turkish: Japon
- → Venetan: Giapòn
→ Hunsrik: Schapong
→ Latin: Iaponia, Iappōnia, Japonia (see there for further descendants)
→ Spanish: Japón
- → Guaraní: Hapõ
- → Tagalog: Hapon, Sapon (obsolete)

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