Ragusium

Japanese: Ragusium
Ragusium

...Population: 50,000 (1991). The origins of the town date back to the early 7th century, when fugitives from the nearby Roman city, destroyed by the Slavs, settled on what was then a small island south of the Stradun boulevard that now divides the city, and named it Ragusium. The Slavs who settled on the mainland on the opposite bank apparently called their territory "Dubrovnik" after the oak (dubu) forests there.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ragusium" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人口5万(1991)。 町の起源は,7世紀初頭にスラブ人によって破壊された近郊のローマ都市からの逃亡者が,現在市を二分するストラドゥン大通りの南部(当時は小島)へ定着し,ラグシウムRagusiumと名づけたことにさかのぼる。対岸の大陸部に住みついたスラブ人はオーク(ドゥブ)林にちなんで自領を〈ドゥブロブニク〉と称したらしい。…

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