Chennai

Japanese: Chennai
Chennai

...Population: 3.841 million (1991), metropolitan area population: 5.422 million (1991). The name of the city comes from the name of a fishing village, Madrasapattnam, acquired by the British from the local lord in 1639, but in 1996 it was renamed Chennai, the Tamil name. In the southern part of the city is San Thomé, which has been one of the Portuguese bases in India since the mid-16th century (it is said that Thomas, one of Jesus' twelve disciples, came to India to preach the gospel and was buried here after his martyrdom), but the direct origin of the present city dates back to 1639.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人口384万1000(1991),大都市域人口542万2000(1991)。地名は,1639年にイギリスが在地領主から取得した漁村集落の名称マドラサパトナムMadrasapathnamに由来するが,1996年,タミル語による呼称のチェンナイChennaiに改称された。市の南部には16世紀中期以来ポルトガルのインドにおける根拠地の一つとなったサン・トメSan Thomé(イエスの十二弟子の一人トマスが福音伝道のためインドに来住し,殉教後ここに埋葬されたという伝承をもつ)があるが,現在の市の直接的な起源は1639年に始まる。…

※「Chennai」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Chenopodiaceae

>>:  chenille yarn

Recommend

Craniospinal nervous system

The peripheral nervous system is the nervous syst...

Carpenters - Carpenters (English spelling)

American vocal and instrumental group. Connecticu...

English Literature Series

…After returning to Japan, he put his efforts int...

Cat and Mouse Act

...Starting with Christabel's arrest in 1905 ...

Wat Phra Kaeo (English name) WatPhraKaeo

… [Tanabe Shigeharu] [Buddhist temple] There are ...

Jimson weed

…It was imported into Japan during the Edo Period...

Monk Zhao - Sojo

A monk from the Later Qin Dynasty in China. Born ...

Propranolol

C16H21NO2 ( mw259.35) . Epinephrine (adrenaline) b...

stalemate

…(2) Draw In any of the following cases, the game...

Greek roof tile - Girishia tile

…(3) Wooden tiles (shingles) are made of boards a...

Liquid Ammonia - Elution Ammonia

This refers to liquid ammonia. It is also called ...

"Ehen Taikouki" - Ehen Taikouki

...The term "acharaka play," which refe...

gute Sitten (English spelling) guteSitten

...This law has been inherited by the French Civi...

Full-time farmers and part-time farmers - Full-time farmers and part-time farmers

A farming household with no part-time workers amon...

Art Therapy

Psychotherapy through artistic activities. Also ca...