Morpheme
Japan
Type
free base
Denotation
country and archipelago in East Asia located in the Pacific Ocean east of China and south of Korea
Etymology
Portuguese Japam, Japão and influenced by Dutch Japan; Malay Japang, Jepang; Hokkien Ji̍t-pún; Middle Chinese jih pun, nyit pwonX
Evidence
Japan, Japanese, Japanization, Japanize, Japanized, Japanizes, Japanizing, Japanology, Japanophile, Japanophilia
Notes
<n> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
