Japonija

Comments (Meaning / History Only)

No, this name is derived from Iaponia, the Latin and Greek name for Japan:

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Iaponia (in English)
- https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iaponia (in Latin)
- https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1 (in modern Greek)

With that said: Japonija is also the Macedonian name for Japan. It is written as Јапонија in Macedonian.

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0 (in English)
- https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0 (in Macedonian) [noted -ed]

― Lucille 4/24/2020

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