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Meaning of japan

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Japan
      n 1: a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia
           extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the
           western Pacific Ocean [syn: {Japan}, {Japanese Islands},
           {Japanese Archipelago}]
      2: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago;
         a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and
         ship building [syn: {Japan}, {Nippon}, {Nihon}]
      3: lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner
         with a glossy durable black lacquer
      4: lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from
         the orient
      v 1: coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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