Lappeenranta - Lappeenranta (English spelling)

Japanese: ラッペーンランタ - らっぺーんらんた(英語表記)Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta - Lappeenranta (English spelling)
A commercial city in southeastern Finland, sandwiched between Lake Saimaa, the country's largest lake, and the border with Russia. Population 55,000 (1990). Located on the shores of Lake Saimaa and at the intersection of two major roads, it was a bustling city from the early Middle Ages. It became a city in 1649, and changed its name from Lapvesi to its current one. Even today, it is a transportation hub where the national highway and railway linking southern Finland and the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Federation run, and where the Saimaa Canal passes through. Vainikkara Station, on the border with Russia, is located about 40 km southeast.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
フィンランド南東部,この国最大のサイマー湖とロシアとの国境にはさまれた商業都市。人口5万5000(1990)。サイマー湖畔にあり,2本の主要道路の交差点でもあったため,中世初めから市(いち)が立ってにぎわった。1649年市となり,それまでのラプベシLapvesiから現名に変わった。現在も,南フィンランドとロシア連邦のカレリア共和国を結ぶ国道と鉄道が走り,サイマー運河が通る交通の要衝で,南東約40kmにロシアとの国境の駅バイニッカラがある。

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