# Nihon

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #50,698

## Definitions
1. Japan.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 日本 (Nihon). Doublet of Nippon and Japan.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nihon