Nippon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Nippon
< Japanese, earlier nit-pon < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese rì sun + běn origin
Example Sentences
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Steel, which he acquired after approving the company’s acquisition by Nippon Steel in June 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Steel, recently acquired by Japan’s Nippon Steel, has begun investing $950 million to upgrade the Gary mill, which employs about 4,300 people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Steel’s new owner, Nippon Steel 5401 -1.58%decrease; down pointing triangle .
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Eleven people were trapped in the building, seven of whom have been rescued so far, Nippon Paper said in a statement on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Those people lived on a group of faraway islands that they called Nippon, but we Americans knew it as Japan.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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