Cipango
Italian

Antica mappa rappresentante il Cipango – Ancient map representing Cipango
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 日本國 (ȵiɪt̚-puənX-kwək̚, “nation of Japan”, literally “Land of the Rising Sun”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈpan.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -anɡo
- Hyphenation: Ci‧pàn‧go
Proper noun
Cipango m
- (archaic) Japan
- Synonym: Giappone
- c. 1300 [c. 1298], Marco Polo et al., “155. Dell'isola di Zipangu [About the isle of Japan]”, in Il Milione [The Million], translation of Le divisement dou monde by Marco Polo, Rustichello da Pisa; republished, Antonio Lanza, editor,L'Unità - Editori Riuniti, 1982:
- Zipangu è una isola in levante, ch’è ne l’alto mare 1.500 miglia.
- Japan is an island in the East, 1,500 miles away at sea.
- 1556, Augustino de Cravaliz, “Cap. ⅩⅧ. Perche si chiamorno Indie [Chapter 18 - Why it was called India]”, in La historia generale delle Indie occidentali, translation of Historia general de las Indias by Francisco López de Gómara, page 18:
- quelli che hanno per grande Cosmographo Columbo credono che le chiamo Indie per l'India Orientale, credendo che quando discoperse Indie andava cercando la Isola Cipango
- Those regard Columbus as a great cosmographer believe he called it India because of Eastern India, believing that—when he discovered India—he was searching for the isle of Japan
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