English
Nihon
Nihon comes from Japanese 日本.
- Japanesemodern日本Nihon
- Englishearliest quotation 1994Nihon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
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- Japanesemodern日本Nihon
- Englishearliest quotation 1994Nihon
Earliest quotation: 1994, Rikiya Asano, AIDS on the way to Japan: “It is stooopid and insensative for you to indirectly…”
Every English word from Japanese 日本
Today it means
name Japan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 日本 / Nihon