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Type Country
Usage Japanese
Scripts 日本(Japanese Kanji) にっぽん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. /ɲip.po̞ɴ/

Meaning & History

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