Aquitania - Aquitania

Japanese: アクイタニア - あくいたにあ
Aquitania - Aquitania

...Its scope has varied greatly over time, but today the term Aquitaine is usually used to refer to Guyenne, with its capital Bordeaux, and the surrounding areas, such as Aunis (with its capital La Rochelle), Saintonge, Angoumois, Périgord, Agenais, Quercy, and Gascogne.
[history]
The name "Aquitaine" comes from the fact that the region was conquered by Rome in 56 B.C. and made a province, and was called Aquitania (meaning "land of the waters"). The territory of this province was much larger than today's Aquitaine, and covered the entire southwestern part of Gaul from the Loire River to the Pyrenees. In this region, the Gauls accepted Roman rule without putting up much resistance, and for the next 250 years or so they were peacefully Romanized, and cities were built and prospered in various places.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その範囲は,時代によってはなはだしく異なるが,今日ではボルドーを主都とするギュイエンヌGuyenneおよびその周辺の諸地方,すなわちオーニスAunis(主都ラ・ロシェル),サントンジュSaintonge(サント),アングーモアAngoumois(アングレーム),ペリゴールPérigord(ペリグー),アジュネAgenais(アジャン),ケルシーQuercy,ガスコーニュGascogneなどを総称して,アキテーヌ地方と呼ぶのが通例である。
[歴史]
 〈アキテーヌ〉という名称は,この地方が前56年,ローマに征服され属州とされ,アクイタニアAquitania(〈水の国〉の意)と呼ばれたことに由来する。この属州の領域は,今日のアキテーヌ地方よりはるかに広く,ロアール川からピレネー山脈に至る南西ガリア全域を占めていたが,この地方では,ガリア人は,さして激しい抵抗も見せずローマの支配を受けいれ,以後250年余,平和のうちにローマ化され,各地に都市が建設され繁栄した。…

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