Ali'i Aimoku - Arii Aimoku

Japanese: アリイ・アイモク - ありいあいもく
Ali'i Aimoku - Arii Aimoku

…Like Tahiti, Hawaii also had a hierarchical society, divided into nobles and commoners, and commoners could not marry nobles who were said to be descendants of gods. Hawaii was divided into several chiefdoms, each ruled by a high chief called an Alii Aimoku. During his third voyage of exploration in 1778, J. Cook visited Hawaii and named the islands the Sandwich Islands after one of his sponsors, the Earl of Sandwich. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Alii Aimoku" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…タヒチ同様ハワイにも階層社会が形成されて貴族と平民に分かれ,平民が神の子孫とされる貴族と結婚することはできなかった。ハワイはいくつかの首長国に分かれ,それぞれにアリイ・アイモクと呼ばれる大首長が君臨していた。1778年3度目の探検航海の途上,J.クックはハワイを訪れ,彼のスポンサーの一人サンドウィッチ伯爵の名にちなんで諸島をサンドウィッチ諸島と命名した。…

※「アリイ・アイモク」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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