Etymology

Nihon

N1I1H4O1N1

Today it means: Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 日本
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from日本
  2. English todayNihon

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 日本 (Nihon). Doublet of Nippon and Japan.

Words from the same roots

Japanese日本 all →

DawnlandLand of the Rising SunnihoniumNiphon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.