Definition of Nihon

1. Noun. A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Nihon

Nigeriens
Nighantu
Nighantus
Nigra
Nigras
Nigritia
Nigritian
Nigritians
Nigroporus
Nigroporus vinosus
Nigrospora
Nihau
Nihau Island
Nihilarian
Nihon
Nihongo
Niigata
Niihau
Nijinskian
Nijinsky
Nijmegen
Nike
Niki
Nikiforoff
Nikiforoff's method
Nikis
Nikita
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev

Literary usage of Nihon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Japanese Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the by Robert Kennaway Douglas (1898)
"A Map of the nihon Bashi minami Quarter of Yedo." [1857 ?] 0 Ф ? ... 3 maki. Yedo, 1804. 8°. [Another copy.] 0 Ж ^S № ít Ш nihon meisho ..."

2. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan by Basil Hall Chamberlain, John Murray (Firm), W. B. Mason (1893)
"1, nihon- bashi Hon-Shirokane-chö (large things) ; Mikawa-ya, at Soto-Kanda ... —all in the nihon-bashi district. There is also a very interesting street ..."

3. A Survey of Direct U. S. Private Capital Investment in Research and ...Science (1993)
"NIPPON TOKUSHU NOYAKU SEIZO KK nihon TRAVENOL NIPPON NATIONAL SEIKAN CO., LTD. ... nihon BOBST KK NIPPON MAYER CO., LTD. JAPAN CERAMICS ? ..."

4. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1908)
"Such is the Dai nihon Shiryo, or " Materials for the History of Great Japan," with its sequel the Dai nihon ..."

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