japan

  • 21Japan — 1570s, via Port. Japao, Du. Japan, acquired in Malacca from Malay Japang, from Chinese jih pun sunrise (equivalent of Japanese Nippon), from jih sun + pun origin. Earliest form in Europe was Marco Polo s Chipangu. Cultural contact led to japaning …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 22Japan — [Aufbauwortschatz (Rating 1500 3200)] Bsp.: • Aber in den USA und Japan bedeutet es: 3. Oktober 2005 (Monat Tag Jahr) …

    Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • 23Japan — [jə pan′] 1. island country in the Pacific, off the E coast of Asia, including Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, & many smaller islands: 145,841 sq mi (377,727 sq km); pop. 123,612,000; cap. Tokyo: Jpn. names NIHON, NIPPON 2. Sea of arm of the… …

    English World dictionary

  • 24Japan — Ja*pan (j[.a]*p[a^]n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Japanned} (j[.a]*p[a^]nd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Japanning}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer. [1913 Webster] 2. To give a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25Japan [1] — Japan, ein in den Dresdener Azaleenkulturen zuerst benutztes Überwinterungshaus für Azaleen und Kamelien und andre, nicht völlig winterharte, holzartige Gewächse, hat die Form eines flachen, sehr breiten, zweiseitigen Gewächshauses, erhält keine… …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 26Japan [2] — Japan, ein figurierter, seidener Damenkleiderstoff mit 54 Ketten und 48 Schußfäden auf 1 cm …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 27Jàpān — (jap. Dai Nippon) m 〈G Japána〉 geogr. ustavna monarhija u istočnoj Aziji, između Tihog oceana i Japanskog mora; glavni grad Tokio …

    Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

  • 28Japan — Jàpān (jap. Dai Nippon) m <G Japána> DEFINICIJA geogr. ustavna monarhija u istočnoj Aziji, između Tihog oceana i Japanskog mora, 377.815 km2, 123.612.000 stan.; glavni grad Tokio …

    Hrvatski jezični portal

  • 29japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

    Universalium

  • 30Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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