Ճապոնիա

Armenian

Etymology

From a European language: compare obsolete English Japonia, New Latin Japonia, Italian Giappone. Transliterated into Armenian following Western Armenian pronunciation of the letter ճ (č), which is [d͡ʒ], as in Ճավա (Čava), Ճամայկա (Čamayka), Ճենովա (Čenova), ճիզվիտ (čizvit).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ճապոնիա • (Čaponia)

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    Synonyms: (Western Armenian) Ճափոն (Čapʻon), (obsolete) Յապոնիա (Yaponia)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (2006) “Ašxarhagrakan anunneri hayeren taṙadarjutʻyan masin orošum [A Decision on Armenian Transcription of Geographic Names]”, in Terminabanakan ew uġġagrakan teġekatu [Terminological and Orthographic Reference Book] (in Armenian), 6th edition, Yerevan: 9-rd hrashalik, →ISBN, page 55
  • Ճապոնիա on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia hy
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