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Land of the Rising Sun

Land of the Rising Sun proper noun: japan (a country in Asia).

land of the rising sun: japan (a country in Asia)
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Proper noun

the Land of the Rising Sun

  1. Japan (a country in Asia).
    • Ever since I was a young’n and my dad gave me a Godzilla figure, I’ve been a huge fan of the big green lizard from the Land of the Rising Sun.2007 December, Andy Salisbury, “Unleash the Beast”, in Nintendo Power, volume 222, page 34

Land of the Rising Sun meaning in Hindi, Kannada, Sanskrit and Arabic

Land of the Rising Sun in Hindi

Japan
उगते सूरज का देश ugte sūraj kā deś, उदयवर्ष udayvarṣ

Land of the Rising Sun in Kannada

ಉದಯರವಿ ನಾಡು, ಜಪಾನ

Land of the Rising Sun in Sanskrit

Japan
उदयसूर्यदेशः udayasūryadeśaḥ

Land of the Rising Sun in Arabic

Japan
أَرْضُ الشَّمْسِ الْمُشْرِقَةِ ʔarḍu š-šamsi l-mušriqati
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Land of the Rising Sun in Indonesian
Negeri Matahari Terbit, Tanah Matahari Terbit
Land of the Rising Sun in Persian
سرزمین آفتاب تابان sarzamin-e âftâb-e tâbân
Land of the Rising Sun in Thai
แดนอาทิตย์อุทัย dɛɛn aa-tít-ù-tai, อาทิตย์อุทัย aa-tít-ù-tai
Land of the Rising Sun in Vietnamese
Đất nước Mặt Trời mọc

Origin of Land of the Rising Sun

Loose calque of Japanese 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”, literally “origin of the sun”) or 日の本の国 (Hinomoto-no-kuni, literally “land of the sun's origin”). Japan is the easternmost country of East Asia, and the East is the place of the sunrise.

Questions about Land of the Rising Sun

What does Land of the Rising Sun mean?
Land of the Rising Sun means japan (a country in Asia).
What is Land of the Rising Sun in Hindi?
Land of the Rising Sun in Hindi is उगते सूरज का देश (ugte sūraj kā deś), उदयवर्ष (udayvarṣ). See Land of the Rising Sun meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Land of the Rising Sun?
Land of the Rising Sun is a proper noun.

Words near Land of the Rising Sun in the dictionary

  1. Land of the Leal
  2. land of the living
  3. Land of the Long White Cloud
  4. Land of the Morning Calm
  5. Land of the Red Dragon
  6. Land of the Rising Sun
  7. land on
  8. land on one's feet
  9. Land Park
  10. land patent
  11. land patents

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Land of the Rising Sun (page history and authors); land of the rising sun (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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