Guinea [Region] (English name)

Japanese: ギニア[地域]（英語表記）Guinea

The name given by Western Europeans to the west coast of the African continent, along the Atlantic coast from what is now the Republic of Senegal to the Republic of Angola. In other words, it refers to a much larger area than the Gulf of Guinea. There is a theory that English and French navigators sailed along this coast in the 13th and 14th centuries, and the name Guinea is said to have spread as a corruption of Ghinea (also called Genni or Djenné), which flourished along the upper reaches of the Niger River in the 8th century, or the name of the Kingdom of Ghana, which flourished later.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アフリカ大陸の西岸，今のセネガル共和国からアンゴラ共和国までの大西洋岸に，西ヨーロッパ人がつけた地域名称。すなわちギニア湾岸より，はるかに広い地域を指す。英仏の航海者が13～14世紀にこの海岸を航海したという説があり，8世紀ごろニジェール川上流に栄えたギネアGhinea(ゲンニGenni，ジェンネDjennéともいわれた)，あるいはその後に栄えたガーナ王国の名から，転訛してギニアの呼称が広まったといわれる。

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