Santo Domingo (English spelling)

Japanese: サント・ドミンゴ(英語表記)Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo (English spelling)
The capital of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean. The metropolitan area has a population of 2,138,262 (1993). The western half of Hispaniola was originally called Santo Domingo, and was established as the oldest colony in the New World, from which the city's name derives. The city was founded in 1496 by Columbus's brother, Bartolomeo Columbus, at the mouth of the Osama River in the southern part of the island, and was used as a base for expeditions to the islands of the Caribbean and the Latin American continent. As a result, it is also known as the home of the University of Santo Tomás de Aquino (now the University of Santo Domingo), the first university in the New World to be founded (1538), as well as administrative offices and a cathedral.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
カリブ海のドミニカ共和国の首都。首都圏人口213万8262(1993)。イスパニオラ島の西半分はもとサント・ドミンゴ島と呼ばれ,新世界ではもっとも古い植民地として確立されたが,同市の名称はそれに由来している。市は,1496年同島南部のオサマ川の河口にコロンブスの弟バルトロメー・コロンブスにより建設され,そこを基地にしてカリブ海域の島々やラテン・アメリカ大陸へ遠征隊が派遣された。したがって,新世界では最初に設立(1538)されたサント・トマス・デ・アキノ大学(現,サント・ドミンゴ大学)や行政官庁,聖堂がある場所としても知られている。

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