Fife (English spelling)

Japanese: ファイフ（英語表記）Fife

A unitary authority (council area) in the east of Scotland. Its administrative seat is Glenrothes. It became a unitary authority in 1996 after the reorganization of local governments. The entire area overlaps with the former county of Fife. It faces the North Sea to the east, and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Tay, an inlet of the North Sea, and to the south by the Firth of Forth. The area is made up of gently rolling lowlands, with occasional hills. The fertile Fife Valley stretches to the north, through which the River Eden flows northeast and empties into the North Sea near St. Andrews. Coal mining areas, which form part of the Scottish Central Coalfield, stretch from the west to the south. Agriculture is thriving in the northeast, centered on the Fife Valley, where grains, potatoes, sugar beets, dairy cattle, and sheep are cultivated. In the southwest, industry is the main industry, and in Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline there are paper products, whiskey, electronic equipment, metal products, food processing, chemicals, and other industries. Glenrothes, one of the largest new towns in the UK, is home to various light industries. In the past, transportation was extremely poor, but a railway bridge was built across the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth in the 1870s to 1890s, and a road bridge was built in the 1960s, providing direct access to both Dundee in the north and Edinburgh in the south. Area: 1,325 ^km2 . Population: 358,930 (2006 estimate).

Fife
Fyffe, Will

Born: 1885 in Dundee, Scotland
[Died] December 14, 1947, St. Andrews, Fife. British comedian and mime actor. He was popular for his Scottish performances. He was appointed a Knighthood of the Third Class by the British Royal Family for his contributions to the military during World War II.

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Japanese:

イギリス，スコットランド東部の単一自治体（カウンシルエリア council area）。行政府所在地グレンロセス。1996年の自治体再編で単一自治体となった。全域が旧ファイフ県と重なる。東は北海に面し，北海の入り海であるテー湾によって北を，フォース湾によって南をかぎられる。ところどころに丘陵地帯があるほかは，ゆるやかに起伏する低地からなり，北部には肥沃なファイフ谷が広がり，ここをイーデン川が北東流してセントアンドルーズの近くで北海に注ぐ。西部から南部にかけてはスコットランド中央炭田の一部をなす炭鉱地帯が広がる。ファイフ谷を中心とした北東部では農業が盛んで，穀物，ジャガイモ，テンサイなどの栽培と，乳牛飼育，牧羊が行なわれる。南西部では工業が主産業で，カーコーディ，ダンファームリンなどに紙製品，ウイスキー，電子機器，金属製品，食品加工，化学などの工業がある。イギリス最大級のニュータウン，グレンロセスには各種軽工業が立地する。かつては交通の便がきわめて悪かったが，1870～90年代にテー湾とフォース湾を横断する鉄道橋が，1960年代には道路橋が建設され，北のダンディー，南のエディンバラ両方面と直接連絡されるようになった。面積 1325km²。人口 35万8930（2006推計）。