Cipango

[ si-pang-goh ]

/ sɪˈpæŋ goʊ /

Japan.

Example sentences from the Web for cipango

With this rude foretaste, Columbus determined to push on for the richer Cipango.

Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery |Justin Winsor
Or neighbor to Cipango, increasingly rich and civilized as we go.

1492 |Mary Johnston
Pinzon now, on examining the chart, supposed that they must be approaching Cipango.

Notable Voyagers |W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith
They had little doubt that these stories referred to Cipango.

Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery |Justin Winsor

It was probably some island off the coast of Cipango, so on Columbus sailed and discovered Cuba.

A Short History of the United States |Edward Channing

Cipango

/ (sɪˈpæŋɡəʊ) /

(in medieval legend) an island E of Asia: called Zipangu by Marco Polo and sought by Columbus; identified with Japan