Japonia

See also: Iaponia

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From New Latin Japonia, also spelled Iaponia, through Japon +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒæˈpəʊniə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Japonia

  1. (obsolete) Japan: A country and archipelago of East Asia
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.VI:
      In Japonia, 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends.
    • 1702, Jeremy Taylor, Contemplations of the State of Man in this Life, And in That which is to come, 6th edition, page 193:
      THE Tyrants of Japonia invented a ſtrange Torment for thoſe who confeſſed Chriſt

Albanian

Proper noun

Japonia

  1. definite nominative singular of Japoni

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟaponia/ [ɟa.po.ni.a]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /japonia/ [ja.po.ni.a]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒaponia/ [d͡ʒa.po.ni.a]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /japonia/ [ja.po.ni.a]

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia, -a
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧po‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Japonia inan

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

Declension

Declension of Japonia (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite
absolutive Japonia
ergative Japoniak
dative Japoniari
genitive Japoniaren
comitative Japoniarekin
causative Japoniarengatik
benefactive Japoniarentzat
instrumental Japoniaz
inessive Japonian
locative Japoniako
allative Japoniara
terminative Japoniaraino
directive Japoniarantz
destinative Japoniarako
ablative Japoniatik
partitive Japoniarik
prolative Japoniatzat

Derived terms

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iaponia. Decision no. 1354, Progreso VII.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaˈpo.ni̯a/, /d͡ʒaˈpo.ni̯a/

Proper noun

Japonia

  1. Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)
    Synonym: Japono

Derived terms

  • Japoniano (Japanese (person))
  • Japoniana (Japanese (language, culture))

References

  • Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 194

Latin

Proper noun

Japonia f sg (genitive Japoniae); first declension

  1. alternative spelling of Iaponia: Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Japonia
genitive Japoniae
dative Japoniae
accusative Japoniam
ablative Japoniā
vocative Japonia

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaˈpɔɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲja
  • Syllabification: Ja‧pon‧ia

Proper noun

Japonia f

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

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives

Further reading

  • Japonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Japonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Japonia f

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