Dimashq

Japanese: Dimashq
Dimashq

…Located at the eastern foot of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, with a population of 1.25 million (1981), Damascus is Latin for Damascus and Arabic for Dimashq or Sham. It is an oasis city in the central Syria (historical Syria), with the Qasiyun Mountains behind it, the Ghouta al-Ghūṭa forests on the southeastern outskirts, and the Hawran agricultural region to the south. …

※Some of the terminology that mentions "Dimashq" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…アンチ・レバノン山脈の東麓に位置し,人口125万(1981)。ダマスクスはラテン語で,アラビア語ではディマシュクDimashqあるいはシャームal‐Shāmという。シリア地方(歴史的シリア)の中央部にあるオアシス都市で,背後にカシオンQāsiyūn山をひかえ,南東の郊外にはグータal‐Ghūṭaの森が広がり,南へ向かってはハウラーンの農耕地帯が展開する。…

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