Guanabara [State] - Guanabara

Japanese: グアナバラ[州] - ぐあなばら
Guanabara [State] - Guanabara

...Average humidity is 77%. In contrast to the rocky mountains of Pan de Azucar and Corcovado, with their bizarre mountain shapes created by erosion and weathering, with huge blocks of granite and crystalline gneiss protruding in various places, Guanabara Bay is a large inlet with an area of ​​400 km2 and a circumference of 143 km. The Portuguese who first discovered it on January 1, 1502, mistook it for a river and named it Rio de Janeiro (January River). There are 113 islands in the bay, including Governador Island, which has an international airport and an area of ​​30 km2, and Paqueta Island, a tourist destination.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Guanabara State" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…平均湿度77%。花コウ岩や結晶片麻岩の大岩塊が諸所に突出し,浸食や風化によって奇怪な山容を呈するパン・デ・アスーカル,コルコバードなどの岩山と対照的に,グアナバラ湾は面積400km2,周囲143kmの大きな入江で,1502年1月1日最初に発見したポルトガル人は川と誤認し,リオ・デ・ジャネイロ(1月の川)と名づけた。国際空港をもつ面積30km2のゴベルナドール島,観光地パケター島をはじめ113の島が湾内にある。…

※「グアナバラ[州]」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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