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Nippon

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Nippon , name for Japan, derived from Dai Nippon, meaning Great Japan. The expression comes from the Chinese ideograph for the place where the sun comes from, or Land of the Rising Sun. The term Nipponism has come to imply an extreme Japanese nationalism.

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Nippon

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Nippon the Japanese name for Japan, literally ‘land where the sun rises or originates’.

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Nippon

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Nippon (origin of the sun): see MOTOORI NORINAGA.

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Nippon

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Nippon •Agamemnon, Memnon •ninon, xenon •noumenon • Trianon • xoanon •organon • Simenon • Maintenon •crampon, kampong, tampon •Nippon • coupon •Akron, Dacron, macron •electron • natron • Hebron • positron •Heilbronn • micron •boron, moron, oxymoron •neutron • interferon •fleuron, Huron, neuron •Oberon • mellotron • aileron •cyclotron • Percheron • Mitterrand •vigneron • croissant • Maupassant •garçon • Cartier-Bresson • exon •frisson • Oxon • chanson • Tucson •soupçon • Aubusson • Besançon •penchant • torchon • cabochon •Anton, canton, Danton •lepton •piton, Teton •krypton • feuilleton • magneton •chiton •photon, proton •croûton, futon •eschaton • peloton • contretemps •telethon •talkathon, walkathon •Avon • tableau vivant • vol-au-vent

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