beacon

Japanese: beacon
beacon

…Even in the early modern period, for example, when the Spanish Armada approached England in 1588, they sent signal fires from hill to hill to warn of the emergency. The English words for “signal fire” are “signal smoke” and “beacon”, and “beacon” can mean a hill where a signal fire was sent, or a hill where a facility (tower) or watchtower was installed for that purpose. Even today, there are place names with the word “beacon” in them all over England, such as Brecon Beacons in Wales (Gwent) and Dunkery Beacon on Exmoor (Somerset). …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "beacon" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…近世にも,たとえば1588年にスペインの無敵艦隊がイギリスに接近した際,丘から丘へとのろしを上げて急を知らせた。〈のろし〉にあたる英語には〈signal fire〉〈signal smoke〉〈beacon〉などがあり,ビーコンにはのろしをあげる場所としての丘,あるいはそのための施設(塔)や見張台が設置された丘という意味もある。今日でもウェールズのブレコン・ビーコンズBrecon Beacons(グウェント州),エクスムアのダンケリー・ビーコンDunkery Beacon(サマセット州)など,ビーコンの語がついた地名がイギリス各地に残っている。…

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