English
Etymology
Loose calque of Japanese 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”, literally “origin of the sun”) or 日の本の国 (Hinomoto-no-kuni, literally “land of the sun's origin”).
Proper noun
the Land of the Rising Sun
- (periphrasis) Japan (a country in Asia).
2007 December, Andy Salisbury, “Unleash the Beast”, in Nintendo Power, volume 222, page 34:Ever since I was a young’n and my dad gave me a Godzilla figure, I’ve been a huge fan of the big green lizard from the Land of the Rising Sun.
Translations
Japan
- Arabic: أَرْضُ الشَّمْسِ الْمُشْرِقَةِ f (ʔarḍu š-šamsi l-mušriqati)
- Azerbaijani: gündoğan ölkə, günçıxan ölkə (rare)
- Catalan: Terra del Sol Naixent f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 旭日之國 / 旭日之国 (xùrì zhī guó)
- Czech: Země vycházejícího slunce f
- Danish: Opgående sols land n
- Dutch: Land van de Rijzende Zon n, land van de rijzende zon n
- Estonian: Tõusva päikese maa, tõusva päikese maa, Tõusva Päikese Maa
- Finnish: Nousevan auringon maa
- French: pays du Soleil Levant m, pays du Soleil-Levant (fr) m
- Georgian: ამომავალი მზის ქვეყანა (amomavali mzis kveq̇ana)
- German: Land der aufgehenden Sonne (de) n
- Greek: Χώρα του Ανατέλλοντος Ηλίου f (Chóra tou Anatéllontos Ilíou)
- Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ הָעוֹלָה (he) f ('Éretz ha-Shémesh ha-Olá)
- Hindi: उगते सूरज का देश m (ugte sūraj kā deś), उदयवर्ष m (udayvarṣ)
- Hungarian: Felkelő Nap Országa, felkelő nap országa
- Indonesian: Negeri Matahari Terbit, Tanah Matahari Terbit
- Italian: Paese del Sol Levante m
- Japanese: 日出づる国 (hi izuru kuni), 日の本 (ja) (hi no moto), 日の本の国 (ja) (hi no moto no kuni)
- Korean: 떠오르는 태양의 땅 (Tteooreuneun taeyang'ui ttang)
- Lithuanian: Tekančios Saulės šalis
- Persian: سرزمین آفتاب تابان (sarzamin-e âftâb-e tâbân)
- Polish: Kraj Wschodzącego Słońca (pl) m
- Portuguese: Terra do Sol Nascente (pt) f
- Romanian: Țara Soarelui Răsare
- Russian: Страна́ Восходя́щего Со́лнца f (Straná Vosxodjáščevo Sólnca)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Зѐмља излазећег су̑нца f
- Roman: Zèmlja izlazećeg sȗnca f
- Slovak: Krajina vychádzajúceho slnka f
- Spanish: Tierra del Sol Naciente f
- Swedish: Soluppgångens land n, Uppgående solens land n
- Thai: แดนอาทิตย์อุทัย (dɛɛn aa-tít-ù-tai), อาทิตย์อุทัย (aa-tít-ù-tai)
- Turkish: Doğan Güneşin Ülkesi
- Vietnamese: Đất nước Mặt Trời mọc
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