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  2. Names of Japan - Wikipedia

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    In the 16th century in Malacca, Portuguese traders first heard from Indonesian and Malay the names Jepang, Jipang, and Jepun. [7] In 1577 it was first recorded in English, spelled Giapan . [ 7 ] At the end of the 16th century, Portuguese missionaries came to coastal islands of Japan and created brief grammars and dictionaries of Middle Japanese ...

  3. Nagoya - Wikipedia

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    Nagoya (名古屋市, Nagoya-shi, ⓘ) is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3 million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11 million. [3]

  4. List of English words of Malay origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of loanwords in English language, that were borrowed or derived, either directly or indirectly, from Malay language.Many of the words are decisively Malay or shared with other Malayic languages group, while others obviously entered Malay both from related Austronesian languages and unrelated languages of India and China.

  5. List of loanwords in Malay - Wikipedia

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    kota city Tamil கோட்டை / kōṭṭai kredo creed Latin credō kucai chives Hokkien (Chinese) 韭菜 / kú-tshài kuda horse Tamil கோடை kōṭai < Sanskrit घोट ghoṭa kue | kuih | kek cake Hokkien (Chinese) kué 粿 kualitas: quality: Latin: quālitās kualiti quality English quality kurma date Persian خرما / khormā

  6. Hakkō ichiu - Wikipedia

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    10-sen Japanese banknote, illustrating the hakkō ichiu monument in Miyazaki, first issued in 1944. Hakkō ichiu (八紘一宇, "eight crown cords, one roof", i.e. "all the world under one roof") or hakkō iu (Shinjitai: 八紘為宇, 八紘爲宇) was a Japanese political slogan meaning the divine right of the Empire of Japan to "unify the eight corners of the world."

  7. Japanese language - Wikipedia

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    Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide.

  8. List of cities in Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Yang di-Pertuan Agong X, as the Federal Territory of Putrajaya: 109,202 Kota Kinabalu City of Kota Kinabalu Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu Sabah. West Coast Division; Kota Kinabalu City Hall Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu: 2 February 2000 by Salahuddin of Selangor, Yang di-Pertuan Agong XI, as the City of Kota Kinabalu: 500,425 [8] Shah Alam City of ...

  9. Jesselton revolt - Wikipedia

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    The movement succeeded in killing around 50–90 Japanese police and soldiers and temporarily took control of Jesselton (which after the war in 1946 would become the North Borneo and then later Sabah capital) and several neighbouring districts of Tuaran and Kota Belud. Owing to extremely limited arms supplies, however, the movement was forced ...