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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'japan' Resulted in 2 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 2 Definitions Japan proper noun  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.       japan noun  A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt. lacquer, Lacquer ware. verb  (transitive) To varnish with japan.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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