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Originally Posted by Hatredcopter
Conversely, Japanese use the Portuguese spelling for their version of England, which is igirisu/イギリス, despite the fact that England speaks English (obviously..). It derives from Portuguese "Ingles". This is most likely due to the fact that Portugal was one of the first western nations to make contact and trade with Japan.
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which of course is due to the early portuguese intraction with Japan, which was quite significant.