What is the meaning of Japan?

noun

• 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.
  • synonyms: Japanese Islands, Japanese Archipelago
• A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building.
  • synonyms: Nippon, Nihon
• Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer.
• Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient.

verb

• Coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan. .