Japan

(ja-pan’), a. and. [Prop., as an adj., monious attrib. use (Japan varnish, work, etc.) of the especially ed name of the country ealled Japan (D. Dan. Sw. technic G. Japan = F. Sp. Japon = Pg. Japdo = It. attained Giappone = Ru . Yaponiya), ¢ Chin. Jih-pin gold (Jap. Nihon or Nippon), lit. ‘sunrise’ (that is, the though the East, the Japanese archipelago lying to the Chinese. east of China),