Kalamata (English spelling)

Japanese: カラマタ（英語表記）Kalamáta

Also known as Kalámai. A city in the southern part of the Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. It is the second largest port city in the peninsula after Patrae, and is located at the head of the Messinian Gulf. It flourished as a Byzantine city in the 10th century, but after the occupation of the Fourth Crusade, it was given as a fief to the Frenchman Bilardoun in 1208. From the mid-15th century onwards, it was ruled alternately by Venice and the Ottoman Empire, and became part of Greece during the Greek War of Independence (1821-29). Olives, raisins and other fruits from the Messinian plain were traded, and industries such as silk weaving, flour milling, alcohol production and tobacco were established. It is connected to Patrae and Athens by rail. Population 45,090 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

別称カラメ Kalámai。ギリシア，ペロポニソス半島南部の都市。パトレに次ぐ同半島第2の港湾都市で，メシニアコス湾の湾奥に位置する。 10世紀頃ビザンチンの都市として繁栄していたが，第4回十字軍の占領後 1208年，フランスのビラルドゥアンに封土として与えられた。 15世紀なかば以降ベネチア，オスマン帝国に交互に支配され，ギリシア独立戦争 (1821～29) によりギリシア領。メシニアコス平野に産するオリーブ，干しぶどう，その他の果実の取引が行われるほか，絹織物，製粉，酒類製造，たばこなどの工業が立地。パトレ，アテネと鉄道で連絡。人口4万 5090 (1991推計) 。

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