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Scrollone@feddit.it 1 day agoSame in Italian. Giappone and nipponico.
Comment on I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany
Scrollone@feddit.it 1 day agoSame in Italian. Giappone and nipponico.
Jumbie@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I love this exchange.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It is interesting, because Nippon is a somewhat archaic version in Japanese. They usually say Nihon now.
But of course, these exonyms will have been borrowed into these various languages a long time ago, so it kind of makes sense.