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Japonians

Japonians is the plural of Japonian.

Meaning of Japonian

Noun

Japonian (plural Japonians)

  1. (obsolete) 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...
    Synonyms:
    Japanese

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Questions about Japonians

What is Japonians the plural of?
Japonians is the plural of Japonian.

Words near Japonians in the dictionary

  1. japonate
  2. Japonese
  3. Japonesque
  4. Japonia
  5. Japonian
  6. Japonians
  7. Japonic
  8. japonica
  9. japonicadom
  10. Japonically
  11. japonicas

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