Iaponia

English

Proper noun

Iaponia

  1. Alternative spelling of Japonia
    • 1619, W. W. Gent, A Briefe Relation of the Persecution Lately Made Against the Catholike Crhstians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, volume 1, page 6:
      becauſe theſe moſt worthy Chriſtiãs of Iaponia whereof this relatiõ doth entreate be of the ſame Chriſtian and Catholike Fayth and Religon[sic] that you be

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Cantonese 日本 (jat6 bun2) + -ia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Iapō̆nia f sg (genitive Iapō̆niae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Japan

Usage notes

  • There is no unity among those users of New Latin who distinguish vowel length as to whether the "o" of the stem should be long or short; further, the form Iappōnia is also found.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Iapō̆nia
Genitive Iapō̆niae
Dative Iapō̆niae
Accusative Iapō̆niam
Ablative Iapō̆niā
Vocative Iapō̆nia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Russian: Япония (Japonija), Япо́нія (Japónija)
    • Armenian: Յապոնիա (Yaponia)
    • Bashkir: Япония (Yaponiya)
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