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  2. Wikimapia - Wikipedia

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    Wikimapia (stylized as wikimapia) is a geographic online encyclopedia project. The project implements an interactive "clickable" web map that utilizes Google Maps with a geographically-referenced wiki system, with the aim to mark and describe all geographical objects in the world.

  3. Japanophilia - Wikipedia

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    Japanophilia is a strong interest in Japanese culture, people, and history. [1] In Japanese, the term for Japanophile is "shinnichi" (親日), with " shin (親) " equivalent to the English prefix 'pro-' and " nichi (日) ", meaning "Japan" (as in the word for Japan "Nippon/Nihon" (日本) ). The term was first used as early as the 18th century ...

  4. Japanese Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese Wikipedia (ウィキペディア日本語版, Wikipedia Nihongoban, lit. 'Japanese version of Wikipedia') is the Japanese edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-source online encyclopedia. Started on 11 May 2001, [1] the edition attained the 200,000 article mark in April 2006 and the 500,000 article mark in June 2008. As of July 2024 ...

  5. List of Japanese prefectural name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    List of prefectures. The following list contains the etymology of each current prefecture. The default alphabetic order in this sortable table can be altered to mirror the traditional Japanese regions and ISO parsing. Prefecture. Kanji. origin and meaning of name. Aichi. 愛知県. Aichi-ken (愛知県) means "love knowledge".

  6. Japanese language - Wikipedia

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    Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages ...

  7. Wuhan - Wikipedia

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    Etymology. The name "Wuhan" comes from the two major cities on the banks of the Yangtze River that make up the Wuhan metropolis: "Wu" refers to the city of Wuchang (Chinese: 武昌), which lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze, while "Han" refers to the city of Hankou (Chinese: 汉口), which lies on the northern bank of the Yangtze.

  8. Japanization - Wikipedia

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    kōminka seisaku. kōminka undō (alt.) Japanization or Japanisation is the process by which Japanese culture dominates, assimilates, or influences other cultures. According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, "To japanize" means "To make or become Japanese in form, idiom, style, or character". [1]

  9. Japanese creation myth - Wikipedia

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    Table illustrating the kami that appeared during the creation of Heaven and Earth according to Japanese mythology.. In Japanese mythology, the Japanese Creation Myth (天地開闢, Tenchi-kaibyaku, Literally "Creation of Heaven & Earth") is the story that describes the legendary birth of the celestial and creative world, the birth of the first gods, and the birth of the Japanese archipelago.