Land of the Rising Sun
Meanings
name
- Japan (a country in Asia).
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Loose calque of Japanese 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”, literally “origin of the sun”) or 日の本の国 (Hinomoto-no-kuni, literally “land of the sun's origin”). Japan is the easternmost country of East Asia, and the East is the place of the sunrise.
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