Japonian
Japonian adjective: synonym of Japanese (“of or relating to Japan”).
Adjective
Japonian (comparative more Japonian, superlative most Japonian)
- Synonym of Japanese (“of or relating to Japan”).
- This appeared at Frenoiama, a famous Vniuerſitie of thoſe Bonzij, nine miles from Meaco, wherein eight hundred yeares paſt, a Iaponian King had erected three thouſand and eight hundred Temples, with houſes adioined for the Bonzij: […]1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of the Islands of Iapon, and Their Religions.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from...
- Induſtrious of the needle and the chart / They run full ſail to their Japponian Mart: […]1687, [John Dryden], “The Second Part”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 64
- Synonyms:
- Japanese
Noun
Japonian (plural Japonians)
- Synonym of Japanese (“a native or inhabitant of Japan”).
- [T]he ſayd gunnes beeing able to hurt but a ſmall diſtance off, and the Iaponians being furniſhed with bꝛazen oꝛdinance vnknowen vnto the Corayans, they pꝛeſently dꝛaue them from their walles, […]1600, Richard Hakluyt, “The Second Testimonie Containing the Huge Leuies and Preparations of Quabacondono, […]”, in The Third and Last Volume of the Voyages, Nauigations, Traffiques, and Discoueries...
- And the Iaponians, are longer liv’d, than the Chineſes; […]1638, Francis [Bacon], translated by W[illiam] R[awley], “Length and Shortnesse of Life in Man. The Historie.”, in History Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death. Or Of the Prolongation of...
- Synonyms:
- Japanese
Examples of Japonian in a sentence
- After his death the Japonian Army withdrew from Coria.1738, Curious Relations: or, The Entertaining Correspondent […], volume II, London: […] [F]or G. Smith, […] and sold by T[homas] Cooper...
- His Neighbours ſlight him, and there’s not a Man, / But looks as ſtrange, as a Japonian.1679, [Charles Cotton], The Confinement. A Poem, […], London: […] [F]or C. C. […] by J. C., →OCLC, page 32:
Synonyms of Japonian
Forms of Japonian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Japonian |
| superlative | most Japonian |
| Noun | |
| plural | Japonians |
Origin of Japonian
From Japon + -ian.
Questions about Japonian
- What does Japonian mean?
- Japonian means synonym of Japanese (“of or relating to Japan”).
- How do you use Japonian in a sentence?
- After his death the Japonian Army withdrew from Coria.
- What part of speech is Japonian?
- Japonian can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near Japonian in the dictionary
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