rio

Japanese: rio
rio

… The city is made up of 117 small islands arranged in a mosaic pattern. About 150 canals, called rios, run between the islands, and there are 400 bridges connecting the islands. Each island in the mosaic originally represented a parochia (until modern times there were about 70 parishes), with a parish church and a square, called campo in the local dialect, and was a community for the inhabitants. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "rio" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… この町は117の小さな島々がモザイク状に集まって成立している。それらの間をリオrioと呼ばれる約150の運河が巡っており,島相互を結ぶ橋の数は400に及ぶ。モザイクの一片にあたる各島は,本来,教区(パロッキア)に相当し(近代を迎えるまでは約70の教区があった),教区教会堂と,方言でカンポcampoと呼ばれる広場をもち,住民にとっての生活共同体となっていた。…

※「rio」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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