Etymology

Niphon

N1I1P3H4O1N1

Today it means: Honshu, the largest island of Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 日本
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from日本
  2. English todayNiphon

From Japanese 日本 (formerly Niffon, now Nippon or Nihon) "Japan".

Words from the same roots

Japanese日本 all →

NihonDawnlandLand of the Rising Sunnihonium

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.