Ganja (place name) - Ganja

Japanese: ガンジャ(地名) - がんじゃ
Ganja (place name) - Ganja

...An industrial city in the western part of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Transcaucasus. Population 282,200 (1991). The city was named Gyandzha (before 1804 and 1918-35), Elizavetpol' (1804-1918), and in 1935 it was renamed Kirovabad after the revolutionary SM Kirov (Abad means "city" in Persian). It was renamed to its current name in 1989. It was founded in the 5th or 6th century, and flourished as the commercial and cultural center of the region in the 12th and 13th centuries. ...

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Japanese:

…ザカフカス地方,アゼルバイジャン共和国西部の工業都市。人口28万2200(1991)。地名はギャンジャGyandzha(1804以前と1918‐35),エリザベトポリElizavetpol’(1804‐1918)を経て,1935年革命家S.M.キーロフにちなんでキーロババードKirovabadと改称された(アーバードはペルシア語で〈都市〉の意)。1989年現名に改称。5~6世紀に創建され,12~13世紀にこの地方の商業,文化の中心として栄えた。…

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