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Etymology · Japanese

日本

5 English words descend from Japanese 日本, most common first.

NihonJapan.
DawnlandA real or mythical place where the dawn first breaks and the day begins, from a given perspective or frame of reference.
Land of the Rising SunJapan (a country in Asia).
nihoniumThe synthetic transactinide chemical element with atomic number 113.
NiphonHonshu, the largest island of Japan.