Heliopolis (Cairo) (English spelling) Heliopolis

Japanese: Heliopolis(カイロ)(英語表記)Heliopolis
Heliopolis (Cairo) (English spelling) Heliopolis

...The role of Cairo radio and Egyptian films was so great that Cairo Arabic was understood throughout the Arab world.
【history】

[Construction of Fustat]
In ancient times, the area around present-day Cairo was the city of Memphis, located in the southwest near the left bank of the Nile River, and the city of Heliopolis in the northeast. Later, immigrants from Mesopotamia established the city of Babylon in a strategic location where the eastern mountains in the south approached the Nile River. Eventually, the Romans built a fort there, and it became their base of rule in the Byzantine period.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Heliopolis (Cairo)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アラブ諸国のどこでもカイロ弁のアラビア語が理解されるほど,カイロ放送とエジプト映画の役割は大きかった。
【歴史】

[フスタートの建設]
 現在のカイロ付近には,古代には,南西のナイル川左岸の山寄りにメンフィスの町があり,北東にはヘリオポリスHeliopolisの町があった。その後メソポタミアからの移民によって,南部の東の山がナイル川に迫った要地にバビロンBabylōnの町ができ,やがてそこにローマ人が砦を築き,ビザンティン時代も支配の拠点となった。…

※「Heliopolis(カイロ)」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

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