Figenoiama
See also: Figenojama
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a Japanese name for the mountain, 富士の山 (ふじのやま, Fuji no yama).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fi.ɡeˈnoj.ja.ma/, [fɪ.ɡɛˈnɔj.ja.ma]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fi.d͡ʒeˈnoj.ja.ma/
Proper noun
Figenoiama f (indeclinable)
- Mount Fuji (the highest mountain in Japan)
- 1589, Ioannes Petrus Maffeius, Historiarum Indicarum, volume XII, page 149:
- alter Figenoiama nomine, Leucarum aliquot aſcenſu trans nubes attolitur.
- the other, Fuji no yama by name, is elevated above the clouds by an ascent of some leagues.
- Synonym: Mōns Fusius
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