Nippon

Type Country
Usage Japanese
Scripts 日本(Japanese Kanji) にっぽん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. NYEEP-PON  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "origin of the sun, sunrise", from Sino-Japanese 日 (nichi) meaning "sun" and 本 (hon) meaning "root, origin". This is the Japanese name for Japan.

Related Names

VariantNihon
Other Languages & CulturesJaponia(Albanian) Japan(Bosnian) Japan(Burmese) Riben(Chinese) Japan(Croatian) Japan(Danish) Japan(Dutch) Japan(English) Jaapan(Estonian) Japon(French) Japan(German) Yapan(Hebrew) Japan(Hindi) Japan(Icelandic) Giappone(Italian) Japāna(Latvian) Japonija(Lithuanian) Japonija(Macedonian) Japan(Norwegian) Zhapon(Persian) Japonia(Polish) Japão(Portuguese) Japonia(Romanian) Japan(Serbian) Japón(Spanish) Japan(Swedish)
Entry updated April 25, 2021