Palma de Mallorca (English spelling)

Japanese: パルマ･デ･マリョルカ（英語表記）Palma de Mallorca

The capital of the Balearic Province of Spain. Population 290,372 (1981). It is located on the island of Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands, which are a group of seven large and small islands in the western Mediterranean Sea, and faces the Bay of Palma. It was originally called "Mallorca" like the island, but it adopted its current name in the 18th century. Because of its location at a key point for military and trade activities in the western Mediterranean, it passed through the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Vandals (5th century), and Byzantine Empire (6th century), before falling into the hands of Muslims in the 8th century. In 1229, it was occupied by Jaime I of the United Kingdom of Aragon, which was expanding its power in the Mediterranean Sea, and when the Kingdom of Mallorca was established, it became its capital.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スペイン，バレアレス県の県都。人口29万0372(1981)。西地中海の大小七つの島々からなるバレアレス諸島中のマリョルカ島にあって，パルマ湾に面する。はじめ島と同じ〈マリョルカ〉と呼ばれていたが，18世紀に現在の名称となった。西地中海の軍事･交易活動の要所に位置するため，フェニキア，ギリシア，ローマ，バンダル(5世紀)，ビザンティン帝国(6世紀)を経て，8世紀にイスラム教徒の手に落ちた。1229年，地中海に勢力を拡大していたアラゴン連合王国のハイメ1世に占領され，マリョルカ王国が樹立されると，その首都になった。

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