Zeeland - Zeeland (English spelling)

Japanese: ゼーラント - ぜーらんと（英語表記）Zeeland

A province in the southwest of the Netherlands, bordering Belgium on the south. In ancient times, it was a regional name, meaning "country of the sea." Its area is 2,745 km2, and its population is 354,816 (1980). Its capital is Middelburg. Originally it consisted of eight islands at the mouth of the Scheldt-Maas estuary, but it has become almost entirely connected to the mainland through reclamation since the 17th century and the construction of a closure dike based on the Delta Plan that began in 1955. Since the late Middle Ages, Zeeland has prospered through trade with Britain across the shore, and was as powerful as Holland at the time of Dutch independence, but it has since been overwhelmed by Holland and has stagnated as a backward agricultural region.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

オランダ南西部の州で，南縁はベルギーに接する。古くは地方名で，〈海の国〉の意。面積2745km2，人口35万4816(1980)。州都はミッデルブルフ。もともとは，スヘルデ･マース河口の八つの島々から成っていたが，17世紀以降の干拓や1955年に始まるデルタ計画に基づく締切堤防によって，ほぼ陸続きとなった。ゼーラントは中世末以来，対岸イギリスとの貿易で繁栄し，オランダ独立当時ホラントと並ぶ勢力であったが，その後ホラントに圧倒され後進的農業地帯として停滞し続けた。

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