Malekula Island (English spelling)

Japanese: マレクラ[島](英語表記)Malekula Island
Malekula Island (English spelling)
Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, Vanuatu is the second largest island in the Republic of Vanuatu. It has an area of ​​2,023 km2 and a population of 19,000 (1989). The inhabitants are Melanesian, and most of the people who once lived inland have now moved to the coast, and the island has a long history of contact with Europeans. The inland area is covered with dense forests, and is still home to about 250 people who reject Christianity. The people in the south are called Small Nanbas. Nanbas is pidgin English for penis case, and European coconut plantation owners named them Small Nanbas after seeing the penis cases made from banana leaves worn by the men.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
南西太平洋,バヌアツ共和国で2番目に大きな島。面積2023km2,人口1万9000(1989)。住民はメラネシア人で,かつては内陸部に住んでいた人々も現在はほとんど海岸部に移り住んでおり,ヨーロッパ人との接触の歴史は古い。内陸部はうっそうとした森林地帯で,現在でも約250人の,キリスト教を拒否している人々が住んでいる。このうち南部の人々はスモール・ナンバスと呼ばれている。ナンバスとはピジン・イングリッシュでペニス・ケースのことであり,ヨーロッパ人のココヤシ農園主が男たちのつけているバナナの葉で作ったペニス・ケースを見て,彼らをスモール・ナンバスと呼んだ。

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