Aigai

Japanese: Aigai
Aigai

...Population: 15,900 (1980). According to the Roman historian Justin, the founder of the Macedonian royal family tricked Edessa into betraying it and called it Aigai. Edessa means "water" in the language of the indigenous people of the area, and the waterfall is still a tourist attraction today.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人口1万5900(1980)。ローマの歴史家ユスティヌスによれば,マケドニア王家の始祖が詭計をもってエデッサを陥れアイガイAigaiと呼んだといわれる。エデッサとは,この地の先住民の言葉で〈水〉の意味といわれ,現在も滝が観光の対象である。…

※「Aigai」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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