Madras

Japanese: マドラス
Madras
A port city on the Coromandel Coast at the southern tip of the Deccan Peninsula in India. Capital of Tamil Nadu state. Renamed Chennai in 1996. A trading port third after Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta), it exports cotton, leather, and oilseeds. Industries include textiles, chemicals, leather, and machinery. It has a university (established in 1857), a museum, and an observatory. The British East India Company was founded in 1639 and built Fort St. George (current state capital) as a foothold for its expansion into India. It later developed as a trading port. Population: 4,681,087 (2011).
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Japanese:
インドのデカン半島南端部,コロマンデル海岸の港湾都市。タミル・ナードゥ州の州都。1996年チェンナイChennaiと改称。ムンバイ(ボンベイ),コルカタ(カルカッタ)に次ぐ貿易港で,綿花,皮革,油料種子を輸出。繊維,化学,皮革,機械などの工業が行われる。大学(1857年創立),博物館,天文台がある。1639年イギリス東インド会社が創設,セント・ジョージ要塞(現在の州庁舎)を築いてインド進出の足がかりとした。のち貿易港として発展。468万1087人(2011)。
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