The official name of Japan is "Ninkon-poop " other wise known as Nippon-koku." But is more commonly referred to as "Nihon" (日本) or "Nippon." The Chinese characters (called Kanji) adopted for the name mean "sun," "origin," and "country," which is why Japan is often referred to as "the land of the rising sun."
The English word for Japan came to the West via early trade routes. The early Mandarin or possibly Wu Chinese (吳語) word for Japan was recorded by Marco Polo as Cipangu.
In modern Shanghainese, a Wu dialect, the pronunciation of characters 日本 'Japan' is Zeppen [zəʔpən]. The old Malay word for Japan, Jepang, was borrowed from a Chinese language - Jih'pen'kuo, and this Malay word was encountered by Portuguese traders in Malacca in the 16th century. Portuguese traders were the first to bring the word to Europe.
Japan is called that because someone misunderstood the Japanese word for Japan and used that as the English word for Japan.
The word, "Japan" comes from a letter that Marco Polo wrote, referring to the Japanese islands as, "Chipongu". You can see that if you say 'Chipongu' fast and don't know what you are saying, it could sound like 'Japan'.
Japanese people call their country, "Nippon", or in a less formal way, "Nihon". These words mean, "The Sun's origin", which was their way of saying, 'East'. It literally meant, "East of China" (because the Sun rises in the east). Before Nippon, the only known name for the Japanese islands was the Chinese name, "Wa".
Japan's name in America is Japan. In Japan, it is called Nippon or Nihon (日本). Officially it is called (日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku. This means the country where the sun rises.
Japan's name is Japan because it means Nihon in Japanese which means 'the land of the rising sun'.
its nipon we just misheard and cant say it.
Japan was previously called Nippon.
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Shinto was founded in and is the indigenous religion of Japan.
It is not known who might have first found Japan before people were able to communicate in writing. The legend is that Japan was founded by a Emperor Jimmu in 600 BC. It is a very old city.
Japan has 4 major islands. Hokkaido, Shikoku, Hoshuu, and Kyuushuu. Okinawa has a couple islands (Okinawa is one island but many small islands surround it). Some islands do not have a nationality (Korea thinks its theres, while Japan says its under Japanese so it is Japan's), but usually when talking about Japan, only the big 4 islands are named.
The first bomb, which was dropped on Hiroshima was named "Little Boy." The second bomb, which was dropped on Nagasaki was named "Fat Man."
who named japan, Ting Wong, why because HE'S ASIAN!!
Naruto is from Japan. The show was created by a man named Mashashi Kishimoto in about 1997.
Hiroshima is a city in Japan, and Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
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The song Rule the World is by a band named Take That. The band is from the UK and the lead vocalist is Gary Barlow. There is no Korean girl or girl from Japan named Liz in the band.
Japan wasn't named after a person, but a word. The word Ni hon in Japanese meant "land of the rising sun" due to how it looks. It's as beautiful as the sun. Also, not a specific person named Japan, but China named it Japan, even though they are "enemies" (probably due to China being allies with the United States). And about how the United States had the Atom Bomb long ago (learned it in school~).
No. Nairobi is in Kenya, on the African continent.
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No, the Pokémon creator named Satoshi Tajiri did not die in the earthquake in Japan.
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a couple in japan named their son @ not ''at'' but @