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1 Reply ・ Started by JSnow at 2018-07-30 05:06:34 UTC ・ Last reply by KenpachiNoPein at 2018-07-30 06:44:36 UTC
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Why "Japan" and not "Nihon" or Nippon" ?

So I was going to just post this here, but I ended up looking for the answer myself, and this is what I came across.

http://www.streetsmartlanguagelearning.com/2009/01/why-do-we-call-japan.html?m=1

let me know if this sounds legit or what.

I figured this would be an interesting topic, nonetheless

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KenpachiNoPein at 2018-07-30 06:44:36 UTC

Wikipedia seems to pretty much agree but adds a little more detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan#Etymology

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