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Nihon

American  
[nee-hawn] / ˈniˈhɔn /

noun

  1. a Japanese name of Japan.


Nihon British  
/ ˈniːˈhɒn /

noun

  1. transliteration of a Japanese name for Japan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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NS Group is the holding company for Nihon Safety, which is a leader in the rent-guarantee industry by size and profitability, the analyst says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

Tomoaki Iwai, professor emeritus of Nihon University, told AFP that she would likely still be elected prime minister "if the opposition fails to unite in electing their own candidate".

From Barron's Oct. 10, 2025

Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2024

The researchers then recruited 45 people diagnosed with chronic periodontitis at the Nihon University Hospital School of Dentistry at Matsudo for a follow up clinical study.

From Science Daily May 21, 2024

These five compilations together with the Nihon Shoki are honoured as the Six National Histories.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley

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