Why do we call Nippon Japan?

Related questions

1. Are Irish Vikings?
2. Is Dutch the same as German?
3. How is Afrikaans different from Dutch?
4. Is English taught in Germany?
5. Is Dutch and Danish the same?
6. What are the Dutch colors?
7. What was Japan called in ww2?
8. Is English an official language of Germany?
9. How similar are Dutch and Afrikaans?
10. What does it mean to be Scandinavian?

Tags

1. #state
2. #language
3. #mandarin
4. #chinese
5. #official
6. #early
7. #nihon
8. #nippon
9. #routes
10. #japanese
11. #japan
12. #cipangu
13. #recorded
14. #possibly
15. #literally
16. #marco
17. #english
18. #trade