Mauros

Japanese: Mauros
Mauros

…It is often used to refer to Berbers and Arabized Berbers in particular. The term originates from the fact that the inhabitants of Northwest Africa (Berbers) were called Mauros or Maurus in ancient Greek and Roman times, and in the 1st century BCE, the Roman province of Mauretania was established in the northwestern coastal region. The name Mauros (Maurus) is said to date back to the Phoenician name for the Berbers, Mauharim (meaning "people of the west"). …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…とくにベルベル,およびアラブ化したベルベルを指して用いられる場合が多い。 古代ギリシア・ローマ時代に,北西アフリカの住民(ベルベル)をマウロスMauros,マウルスMaurusと呼んだことに由来し,前1世紀には,北西沿岸地帯にローマの属州マウレタニアが設けられた。マウロス(マウルス)の呼称は,フェニキア人がベルベルを呼んだマウハリム(〈西国の人〉の意)にさかのぼるといわれる。…

※「Mauros」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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