Spokane - Spokane (English spelling)

Japanese: スポーカン - すぽーかん(英語表記)Spokane
Spokane - Spokane (English spelling)

A city in eastern Washington, USA, near the Idaho border. Population 195,629 (2000). It is the commercial and industrial center of the "Inland Empire" region of the northwestern United States, rich in agricultural, livestock, and mineral resources, and a key transportation hub. In addition to being a distribution center and market for a wide variety of agricultural products, it is also important as a source of lumber and various minerals that are used as industrial raw materials, and food processing, flour milling, oil refining, machinery, and lumber are the core of the city's industries. With the completion of Grand Coulee Dam in 1942, it also became a center of the light metal industry, producing aluminum, magnesium, and other materials during World War II. It is also a starting point for nearby lakes and national parks, and tourism is thriving. The city's name is an indigenous (American Indian) word meaning "child of the sun."

[Kazuyo Sakuno]

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Japanese:

アメリカ合衆国、ワシントン州東部、アイダホ州境近くの都市。人口19万5629(2000)。合衆国北西部の農業、畜産、鉱物資源の豊かな「内陸帝国」と称される地域の商工業の中心地で、交通の要衝である。バラエティーに富む農産物の集散地・市場のうえ、工業原料となる材木、多種鉱物の産地としても重要で、食品加工、製粉、製油、機械、製材業などが工業の中心をなす。また、1942年のグランド・クーリー・ダムの完成も手伝って、第二次世界大戦中はアルミニウム、マグネシウムなど軽金属工業の中心地ともなった。付近の湖や国立公園への出発地点でもあり、観光業も盛ん。市名は先住民(アメリカ・インディアン)のことばで「太陽の子供」の意。

[作野和世]

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