Meaning of Niphon | Babel Free

Definitions

Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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Examples

“The greateſt of theſe three, which is called Niphon, doth lye from Eaſt to Weſt, and is 700. miles in length and 180. in breadth, and it deuided into three & fifty little Kingdomes or Prouinces, and therein is the noble Citty of Meaco the chiefe and head of all Iapone.”

“Niphon, the chief island, is nine hundred miles long, and one hundred miles in average width.”

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