Ceylon (English spelling)

Japanese: セイロン(英語表記)Ceylon
Ceylon (English spelling)
70% (9.8 million) of the inhabitants of this island nation southeast of India are mostly Buddhist Sinhalese. They called the island Sri Hladipa (Lion Island), which the Arabs called Seredipa, the Portuguese called Ceylan, and the British called Ceylon. According to legend, Ceylon's history began in the 4th century BC when Prince Vijaya of the Indian kingdom of Rara visited the island. In the 3rd century BC, King Ashoka sent Prince Mahinda to spread Buddhism, and it became a Buddhist country. The Portuguese established bases in the 16th century, and the Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries, but it became a British colony in 1815, and gained independence as a British dominion in 1948. In May 1972, it was renamed the Republic of Sri Lanka.

Source: Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:
インド南東方にある島国
住民の7割(980万)はほとんどが仏教徒のシンハリ人。彼らはこの島をシーハラーディーパ(獅子の島)と呼んだが,アラビア人はこれをセレディパ,ポルトガル人はセイラン,イギリス人はセイロンとなまった。伝説によれば,セイロンの歴史は前4世紀インドのラーラ国の王子ヴィジャヤの来島に始まる。前3世紀アショーカ王が王子マヒンダを派遣して布教させてから仏教国となった。16世紀にポルトガル人,17〜18世紀にオランダ人がそれぞれ根拠地を設けたが,1815年イギリス領となり,1948年イギリスの自治領として独立した。1972年5月,スリランカ共和国と改称。

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