Guinea ginger - Ginia ginger

Japanese: ギニアショウガ - ぎにあしょうが
Guinea ginger - Ginia ginger

…The name given by Europeans to the area that is now the coast of the Republic of Liberia in West Africa. European navigators who set out on voyages of discovery in search of spices from the East were delighted to find the pepper-like seeds of the Guinea ginger plant ( Aframomum melegueta ), which grows wild in the area and is also used as a spice by the local people, and gave it this name. As with other areas along the Gulf of Guinea, it is unclear whether the first Europeans to reach the area were the Portuguese (15th century) or sailors from Dieppe in northern France earlier (14th century). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Guinea ginger" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…西アフリカの現在のリベリア共和国海岸部にあたる地方を,かつてヨーロッパ人が指して呼んだ名称。東方の香辛料を求めて探検航海に出たヨーロッパの航海者たちが,この地方に自生するショウガ科のギニアショウガAframomum meleguetaのコショウに似た種子(現地住民にも香辛料として用いられている)を入手して欣喜し,こう名づけた。ギニア湾沿岸の他の地方と同じく,この地方に最初に到達したヨーロッパ人がポルトガル人(15世紀)か,それ以前(14世紀)の北フランス,ディエップの船乗りたちであったかは明らかでない。…

※「ギニアショウガ」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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