"ジパング" meaning in Japanese

See ジパング in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Jipangu [romanization]
Etymology: From Italian Zipangu, Marco Polo's rendition of the toponym. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|it|Zipangu}} Italian Zipangu Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper}} ジパング • (Jipangu)
  1. (history or humorous) Japan Wikipedia link: ja:ジパング Tags: humorous Categories (topical): History Categories (place): Countries in Asia, Islands, Japan

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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