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Cipango
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Italian
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Etymology
From Early Mandarin 日本國/日本国 (Wade–Giles: Jih4-pên3-kuo2, IPA: /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/, “nation of Japan”, literally “Land of the Rising Sun”). Compare Wu 日本 (8zeq-pen, IPA: /zəʔ¹¹ pən²³/) 國 / 国 (7koq, IPA: /koʔ⁵⁵/)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cipango m
- (archaic) Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)
- Synonym: Giappone
- 1556 [1553], “Perche si chiamorno Indie [Why it was called India]” (chapter 18), in Augustino de Cravaliz, transl., La historia generale delle Indie occidentali, translation of Historia general de las Indias by Francisco López de Gómara (in Early Modern Spanish), page 18:
- quelli che hanno per grande Coſmographo Columbo credono che le chiamo Indie per lIndia Orientale, credendo che quando diſcoperſe lIndie andaua cercando la Iſola Cipango
- [quelli che hanno per grande cosmografo Colombo credono che le chiamò Indie per l'India orientale, credendo che, quando discoperse l'Indie, andava cercando la isola Cipango]
- [original: Los que tienen por gran cosmografo a Colon piensan que las llamó Indias por la India oriental, creyendo que quando descubrió las Indias iva buscando la isla Cipango]
- Those who regard Columbus as a great cosmographer believe he called it India because of Eastern India, believing that—when he discovered India—he was searching for the isle of Japan
Descendants
- → Japanese: ジパング
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