[Kanji_The_Wanderer]

The origins of Japanese words? Sorry, I can't help you, but I have a question of my own...
Well for a long time now, I have had a question concerning a Japanese word that no one can ever answer....

The word Japan in Japanese is "Nihon" and someone from Nihon is "Nihongo". So I have been very confused. If Japanese people call themselves Nihongo, and their land Nihon, then where did the word Japan and Japanese come from?

Did other cultures and foreigners who found Japan give it that name?

I would love to have it cleared up!