ⲓⲏⲗⲓⲟⲡⲟⲛ

Coptic

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْيَابَان (al-yābān, “Japan”).

Proper noun

ⲓⲏⲗⲓⲟⲡⲟⲛ • (iēliopon) ?

  1. (Bohairic) Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)

References

  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum
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