Mazury - Mazury (English spelling)

Japanese: マズーリ - まずーり（英語表記）Mazury

The name of the region in northeastern Poland that includes the Masurian Lake Region. In its current administrative division, it spans the three provinces of Olsztyn, Suwałki, and Ciechanów. This region was once part of East Prussia, and was influenced by German culture since ancient times due to the advance of the Teutonic Knights. Geographically, the area lies east of the right bank of the middle Vistula River, west of the Neman River, and north of the Narew River, a tributary of the Vistula River, and is home to countless glacial lakes of various sizes (the Masurian Lake Region) amid hills formed by glacial deposits. There are said to be 2,700 lakes in total, including Poland's largest Lake Sniardowy (113.8 km2), Lake Mamry, and Lake Niegocin.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ポーランド北東部，マズーリ湖沼地方を含む地域の名称。現在の行政区分ではオルシュティン，スバウキ，チェハヌフの3県にまたがる。この地方はかつて東プロイセンの一部で，ドイツ騎士修道会の進出により古くからドイツ文化の影響下にあった。地理的にはビスワ川中流右岸以東，ネマン川以西，ビスワ川支流のナレフ川以北の地域で，氷河堆積物がつくる丘陵の中に大小無数の氷河性湖沼群(マズーリ湖沼地方)がある。ポーランド最大のシニャルドビ湖(113.8km2)をはじめ，マムリ湖，ニェゴチン湖など2700を数えるという。

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