Iaponia

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^[sic] that you be

• Iappōnia, Japō̆nia, Japonia

From possibly French Japon +‎ -ia or Cantonese 日本 (jat⁶ bun²) +‎ -ia.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [jaˈpoː.ni.a], [jaˈpɔ.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [jaˈpɔː.ni.a]

Iapō̆nia f sg (genitive Iapō̆niae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)

• 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.

First-declension noun, singular only.

• iapō̆nicus

• iapō̆nus
• Japō