Limón (English spelling)

Japanese: リモン（英語表記）Limón

Also known as Puerto Limón. A city in eastern Costa Rica. Capital of the province of the same name. It is the country's main port on the Caribbean Sea, about 120 km east of the capital, San José. It was built near an Indian settlement where Columbus is said to have landed during his final voyage. During the colonial period, it was used by Spanish merchants and smugglers, and was often attacked by pirates and the Moskito (Miskito) Indian tribe. It developed rapidly after becoming a foreign trade port around 1867. In 1890, a railway was opened between the city and the capital, and it became a shipping port for bananas, coffee, and other large plantations. The banana plantations in the hinterland temporarily declined due to the outbreak of Panama disease in the 1930s, but production increased again after new varieties resistant to the disease were introduced. There is an airport. Population 50,939 (estimated 1991).

Limon
Limon, José

Born January 12, 1908 in Culiacan
[Died] December 2, 1972, Flemington, New Jersey. American dancer born in Mexico. Although she wanted to be an artist, she became interested in dance and studied at the Humphrey-Weidman School of Dance. She was active with the company from 1930. She later formed her own company and choreographed and performed works such as La Malinche (1949) and Pavane d'Or (1949). Her repertoire also included Ritmo Hondo, The Rebel, and Missa Brevis, and she toured around the world, coming to Japan in 1963.

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Japanese:

別称プエルトリモン Puerto Limón。コスタリカ東部の都市。同名州の州都。カリブ海にのぞむ同国の主要港で，首都サンホセの東約 120kmにある。コロンブスがその最後の航海中上陸したといわれるインディオの集落の近くにつくられ，植民地時代はスペイン商人や密貿易者に利用され，しばしば海賊やインディオのモスキート (ミスキト) 族の襲撃を受けた。 1867年頃外国貿易港となってから急速に発展。 90年には首都との間に鉄道が通じ，バナナ，コーヒーなどの大農園地帯を控えて，それらの積出港となった。後背地のバナナ園は 1930年代パナマ病の発生により一時衰退したが，その後病害に強い新品種が導入され，再び生産が増加。空港がある。人口5万 939 (1991推計) 。

リモン
Limón， José

[生]1908.1.12. クリアカン
[没]1972.12.2. ニュージャージー，フレミントン
メキシコ生れのアメリカの舞踊家。美術家志望であったが，舞踊に興味をもち，ハンフリー＝ワイドマン舞踊学校で学ぶ。 1930年から同舞踊団で活躍。その後，自身の舞踊団を結成し，『ラ・マリンチェ』 (1949) ，『ムーア人のパバーヌ』 (49) などを振付上演した。そのほか『リトモ・ホンド』『反逆者』『ミサ・ブレビス』などをレパートリーにもち，各国を巡演，63年には来日した。

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