Japão
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See also: Japaõ
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From either or both:
- Indonesian Malay Jepang, from Teochew 日本 (rig8 bung2), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puənX, “sun origin”).
- Malay Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puənX, “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 puənX, “sun origin”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Japão m
- Japan (an archipelago and country off the eastern coast of Asia)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:Japão.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Borrowings may also be from Dutch Japan.
Descendants
- → Arabic: اليابان (al-yābān)
- → Danish: Japan
- → English: Japan, Giapan (obsolete); Japonia (obsolete); Japon (obsolete)
- → Estonian: Jaapan
- → Finnish: Japani
- → French: Japon
- → German: Japan
- → Icelandic: Japan
- → Hebrew: יפן (yapan)
- → Hungarian: Japán
- → Latvian: Japāna (perhaps via another European borrowing)
- → Norwegian: Japan
- → Romanian: Japonia
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: Japón
- → Tagalog: Hapon
- → Swedish: Japan
- → West Frisian: Japan
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Malay
- Portuguese terms derived from Malay
- Portuguese terms derived from Teochew
- Portuguese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Portuguese terms derived from Hokkien
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Cantonese
- Portuguese terms derived from Cantonese
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with audio links
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Japan
- pt:Islands
- pt:Countries in Asia
- pt:Countries
- Portuguese exonyms