Japão

See also: Japaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Malay Jepang, from Jepun, from Min Nan 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).

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
- → 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

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