Nipponese









Nipponese


noun, plural Nip·pon·ese, adjective

  1. Japanese.

adjective, noun plural -nese

  1. another word for Japanese

“Japanese,” 1859, from Nippon, Japanese word for “Japan,” from ni(chi) “the sun” + pon, hon “source,” which is said to be from Chinese for “rising sun-place.” Derisive slang shortening Nip attested from 1942.

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