Iaponia

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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 that you be

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From possibly French Japon +‎ -ia or 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

Descendants of Iaponia
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