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Definition: Nippon |
NipponNoun1. A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| NIF | English | Nippon Investment Fund | Finance |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: NipponSynonyms: Japan (n), Nihon (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Nippon |
| Specialty definitions using "Nippon": Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Nippon chinbotsu (1973) Poruno no shojo: Nippon sex ryoko (1973) Gendai Nippon boko ankokushi (1972) Nippon sanjûshi: Osaraba Tokyo no maki (1972) Yasashii Nippon jin (1971) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | How to catch a husband - Nippon fashion.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Nippon Columbia is developing an electronic music distribution system with Sega and Hitachi. (references) | |
Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (POSCO), the world's second largest steel maker next to Nippon Steel of Japan, is the key player in the Korean domestic market as well as the international market. (references) | ||
Various international cultural facilities and commercial facilities (including shops and restaurants) are planned in this area. These areas will be developed in close cooperation with Osaka Prefecture, Sakai City and the land-owners (including Nippon Steel, Osaka Gas, etc.). (references) | ||
Economic History | Sri Lanka | SLT is 65.1%-owned by GSL, 35% by Japan's Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT), and 3.5% by SLT employees. (references) |
Burma | It is operated by Premier Petroleum of the UK, and is co-owned by a consortium involving Nippon of Japan, PTT of Thailand, Petronas of Malaysia, and MOGE. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | In 1997, the Government sold 35 percent of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the state-owned telecommunications entity, to Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT) of Japan. (references) | |
Political Economy | JAPAN | Procurement from foreign sources by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) group companies, which collectively are the largest purchaser of telecommunications' equipment in Japan, remain below the level of foreign procurement by Japanese private sector telecommunications' carriers. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | Some of the users are Sharp, Maxon, Acropolis, Canon, TDK, JVC, Audinac, Pioneer, Rates, Audio Logic, Zenith, Daewo, Talent, Goldstar, Panashiba, Nashiba, Le Roy, Carandache, Baume & Mercier, Corum, Tag Heuer, Movado, Caterpillar, Valvoline, Komatsu, Cummins, Coleman, John Deere, Home, Litte, Snapper, Asia, Kia, Isuzu, Mazda, Nissan, Case, SKF, Fag Steyr, Armstrong, Stanetex Tile, Multicolor Prem, Abco Haldex, Sigma Paximat, York, Autobombas Ford, GM, American Lafrance, Venus Carpet, Kalpakian Floget, Blue Diamond, Stronger, Yale, Skoda, Cessna, Bayer, Nike, Topper, Avia, Jovi, Canson, Stabilo, La Serenisima, Sancor, Ceres, Goodyear, Eastman, Digitar, Tecno Steel, Dallas, Cristaleria Bohemia, Heidelberg, Polar, Hempel, Crosley, Waltek, Exenel, Printex, Darling, Wega, R.N., Tecno 1, Medtronic, Akroplast, BRD, Lostra 2100 Fume, Care Quilt, Rae Flex, Zwiling, Nippon, Kaijo, Ki, Trinity, Asme, Dupont, Siderar, Sanitron, Band Ai, Alcoa, Samsonite, Daihatsu, Rhone Poulenc, Asics, Etam, Grimoldi, Boating Shoes, Sthil, Subaru, Daewoo, Cadbury de Argentina, Cafes La Virginia, Construcciones Metalurgicas Zanello, Electrolux Argentina, Ilko Argentina, Impsat, Ledesma Mattel Argentina, Multicolor Argentina, Papelera Tucuman, Pecom NEC, Philco Ushuaia, Phillips Argentina, Ralston Purina Argentina, Spazio Casa Simmons de Argentina. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Nippon" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.68% of the time. "Nippon" is used about 88 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 80.68% | 71 | 39,674 |
| Noun (singular) | 17.05% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (common) | 2.27% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 88 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | All Nippon Airways Co Ltd (ANA) | Thailand | Nippon Pack (Thailand) Public Company Limited |
| United Kingdom | Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Nippon": Pol-nippon. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nippon | 337 |
nippon airline | 109 |
nippon express | 90 |
motor nippon | 59 |
nippon china | 55 |
air nippon | 49 |
denso nippon | 27 |
nippon steel | 27 |
nippon porcelain | 25 |
nippon paint | 24 |
nippon wheels | 22 |
airline cargo nippon | 21 |
nippon racing | 21 |
nippon racing wheels | 19 |
nippon life insurance | 16 |
nippon vase | 15 |
nippon chemi con | 14 |
cargo nippon | 13 |
antique nippon | 12 |
dai nippon | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Nippon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 日本 (Japan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ιαπωνία (Japan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Japán (Japan, japanese, Japanese woman, japon, japonic, nipponese, sunburst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 電電公社 (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation), 近鉄 (Kinki Nippon Tetsudou), 新日本製鐵 (Nippon Steel Corporation), 日豊本線 (Nippon Main Line), 全日空 (All Nippon Airlines, ANA). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぜ"にっくう (All Nippon Airlines, ANA), し"にっぽ"せいてつ (Nippon Steel Corporation), し"にほ"せいてつ (Nippon Steel Corporation), き"てつ (adamancy, firmness, gold and iron, Kinki Nippon Tetsudou), で"で""うしゃ (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation), にっぽうほ"せ" (Nippon Main Line). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ipponnay Lampsana. (various references) Japón (Japan). (various references) ญี่ปุ่น (Japan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Nippon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Napton, nipkow, Nippan, Nipro, N'pan, Vipond. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-n-o-p-p" | |
-1 letter: pinon. | |
-2 letters: pion. | |
-3 letters: inn, ion, nip, pin, pip, poi, pop. | |
-4 letters: in, no, on, op, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-n-o-p-p" | |
+2 letters: penpoint, pinpoint. | |
+3 letters: oppugning, penpoints, pinpoints, propining, proponing. | |
+4 letters: appointing, dognapping, nincompoop, pepsinogen, pinpointed, postponing, preopening, propending, unpeopling, unstopping. | |
+5 letters: appointment, inopportune, nincompoops, pepsinogens, pinpointing, plainspoken, plenipotent, propounding. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 70 70 6F 6E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .. .--. .--. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01110000 01110000 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i p p o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 0070 0070 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)487582828180 |
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