Aitor - Aitor

Japanese: アイトール - あいとーる
Aitor - Aitor

...Therefore, the Basque region, in a broad sense, refers to the area where Basque is spoken, and is a society in which language plays a large role.
[history]
According to legend, Aitor, who was a member of Noah's Ark and washed up on the area, is the ancestor of the Basque people, and the seven names of his seven sons are the names of the seven regions. Historically, the Basque people originated from a people who settled in the foothills of the Pyrenees before the invasion of the Indo-European peoples, and ruins from the late Paleolithic period still remain.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それゆえにバスク地方とは広義には〈バスク語が話される地方〉を指し,言語の占める比重が大きい社会であった。
[歴史]
 伝説上はノアの箱舟の一団で当地に漂着したアイトールAitorをバスク人の先祖とし,その7人の息子の名が7地方名である。歴史的にはインド・ヨーロッパ語系諸族の侵入以前からピレネー山麓に定住した民族が起源で,旧石器時代後期の遺跡が現存する。…

※「アイトール」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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