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- An island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located the east of China, Korea and Russia.
Translations: - Dutch: Japan(nl)
- French: le Japon
- German: Japan(de)
- Italian: Giappone(it)m
- Spanish: Japón, el Japón
Etymology: From a Italian traveller, Marco Polo's notation Chipangu.<!-- I don't think Portuguese is the first. Marco Polo told earlier about Japan.From Portuguese Jipang-->Most probably brought to Europe via sailors: Portuguese Jipang from Malay Jepang, ultimately from Chinese ææ.

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- A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
- lacquer, Lacquer ware.
verb
- (transitive) To varnish with japan.
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