Lusitania (English spelling)

Japanese: ルシタニア(英語表記)Lusitania
Lusitania (English spelling)
A Roman province in the western part of the Iberian Peninsula. It was the area of ​​what is now Portugal south of the Douro River and the Extremadura region of Spain. Its capital was Emerita Augusta (now Mérida). Before the Roman period, it referred to the area between the Tagus and Douro Rivers, and its inhabitants, the Lusitanians, fiercely resisted the Roman invasions under the leadership of Viriato in the 2nd century BCE. Today, it is often used as an elegant name for Portugal.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ローマ時代におけるイベリア半島西部の属州。ドウロ(ドゥエロ)川以南の現ポルトガル領とスペインのエストレマドゥラ地方を合わせた地域に相当し,主都はエメリタ・アウグスタEmerita Augusta(現,メリダ)。ローマ時代以前にはテージョ(タホ)川とドウロ川の間の地域を指し,その住民ルシタニア人は前2世紀からビリアトに率いられてローマ軍の侵入に激しく抵抗した。現在ではしばしばポルトガルの雅称として用いられる。

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