Japonia

See also: Iaponia

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

New Latin Japonia, also spelled Iaponia.

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 ed., p. 193
      THE Tyrants of Japonia invented a ſtrange Torment for thoſe who confeſſed Chriſt

Basque

Proper noun

Japonia

  1. Japan

Declension


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

  • Japoniano (Japanese (person))
  • Japoniana (Japanese (language, culture))

References

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

Latin

Proper noun

Japonia f

  1. Alternative spelling of Iaponia

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Japonia
genitive Japoniae
dative Japoniae
accusative Japoniam
ablative Japoniā
vocative Japonia

Derived terms


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaˈpɔɲ.ja/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Japonia f

  1. Japan

Declension

Derived terms


Romanian

Japonia

Proper noun

Japonia f

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