Abertawe

Japanese: Abertawe
Abertawe

...Population: 189,000 (1993). The name of the city means "Sweyn's ey," but in Welsh it is called Abertawe (meaning "mouth of the river Tawe"). It is a port city on the north shore of the Bristol Channel, facing Swansea Bay. From the 18th century to the early 20th century, it prospered as a shipping port for anthracite produced in the inland coalfields, and copper smelting and tinplate production were also carried out, but after World War II, heavy industries such as petrochemicals, steel, and shipbuilding developed.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Abertawe" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…人口18万9000(1993)。地名は〈スウェーンの入江Sweyn’s ey〉を意味するが,ウェールズ語ではアバータウェーAbertawe(〈タウェー川の河口〉の意)と呼ばれる。ブリストル海峡の北岸,スウォンジー湾に面する港湾都市で,18世紀から20世紀初めまでは内陸の炭田で産出する無煙炭の積出港として繁栄し,銅製錬やブリキ生産も行われたが,第2次世界大戦後は石油化学,鉄鋼,造船などの重工業が発展している。…

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