Japāna
Latvian
Japāna (Āzijā)
Japānas karogs
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Malay Japan, itself a borrowing from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), literally “sunrise” (the same meaning of Japanese 日本 (Nip-pon)), made, like most other country names, into a feminine 4th-declension noun.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Japāna f (4th declension)
- Japan (an island country in Far East, Asia; capital: Tokyo)
- Japānas karogs ― the flag of Japan
- Japānas vēsture ― the history of Japan
- Japāna ir unitāra konstitucionāla monarhija ― Japan is a unitary constitutional monarchy
Declension
Declension of Japāna (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | Japāna | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | Japānu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | Japānas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | Japānai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | Japānu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | Japānā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | Japāna | — |
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