Ajar people - Ajarjin

Japanese: アジャール人 - あじゃーるじん
Ajar people - Ajarjin

...Except for the coastal plains facing the Black Sea in the west, most of the country is mountainous in the Caucasus Mountains, and the southern part of the country borders Turkey. The Adjars are a Georgian tribe that converted from Christianity to Islam during the Turkish rule of the region (16th to 19th centuries). They basically retain the Georgian language.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Ajar people" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…西部の黒海に臨む沿岸平野を除けば,大半がカフカス山系の山岳地帯,南部でトルコと国境を接する。アジャール人はグルジア人の一種族で,この地方のトルコ支配期(16~19世紀)に従来のキリスト教からイスラム化したもの。言語は基本的にグルジア語を保持する。…

※「アジャール人」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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