Jepaan

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Japan, ultimately from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwonX). Doublet of Nibbon̄.

Pronunciation

  • (phonetics) IPA(key): [tʲɛbʲɑːnʲ], (enunciated) [tʲɛbʲɑɑnʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲɛpʲæɰænʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {jepahan}

Proper noun

Jepaan

  1. Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)

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