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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-23 months agoI wanna know how “Nihon” got turned into “Japan” in the first place. A lot of things are just from the foreigner mishearing; but how the hell did someone mishear “Nihon” as “Japan?” They don’t even sound close! Not even from a thick Japanese accent!
minus-squarewaddle_dee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoIt’s from an old Portuguese recording of the Mandarin Cipan. So, yeah lol Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Japan
I wanna know how “Nihon” got turned into “Japan” in the first place. A lot of things are just from the foreigner mishearing; but how the hell did someone mishear “Nihon” as “Japan?” They don’t even sound close! Not even from a thick Japanese accent!
It’s from an old Portuguese recording of the Mandarin Cipan. So, yeah lol
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Japan