Parthenope (English spelling)

Japanese: Parthenopē(英語表記)Parthenope
Parthenope (English spelling)

...The city's population is 1,210,503 (1981), making it the third largest city after Rome and Milan, but together with the smaller cities on the Gulf of Naples it forms a huge metropolitan area with a population of 3 million.
[history]
In ancient times, the city was called Parthenope because the body of Parthenope, a Siren who threw herself into the sea, washed up and was the place where her tomb was built. The name Naples comes from the fact that the Greeks built a colony here and named it Neapolis (meaning "new city").

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…市の人口は121万0503(1981)で,ローマ,ミラノに次いで第3位だが,ナポリ湾岸の小都市群とともに人口300万の巨大都市域を形成している。
[歴史]
 古くは,海中に身を投じたセイレンの一人パルテノペの死体が流れつき,その墓がたてられた場所ということでパルテノペParthenopēとよばれた。ナポリの名はギリシア人がこの地に植民市を建設し,ネアポリスNeapolis(〈新市〉の意)としたことに由来する。…

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