Kazkaz

Japanese: Kazkaz
Kazkaz

…The North Caucasus is part of the Russian Federation and consists of the republics of Dagestan, North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya, and Ingushetia, Rostov Oblast, Krasnodar Krai (including the Adygei Republic), and Stavropol Krai (including the Karachay-Cherkess Republic). The Transcaucasia consists of the three republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The name Caucasus is thought to have originated from Kazkaz, the Hittite name for the people living on the southern shore of the Black Sea. The name first appears in Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound (5th century BC). …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…北カフカスはロシア連邦に属して,ダゲスタン,北オセティア,カバルディノ・バルカル,チェチェン,イングーシの各共和国,ロストフ州,クラスノダル地方(アディゲイ共和国を含む),スタブロポリ地方(カラチャイ・チェルケス共和国を含む)からなり,ザカフカスはアルメニア,アゼルバイジャン,グルジアの3共和国からなる。 カフカスの名は,ヒッタイト語で黒海南岸の民族を呼んだカズカズKazkazから生まれたと考えられる。地名としてはアイスキュロスの《縛られたプロメテウス》(前5世紀)に見えるのが最初である。…

※「Kazkaz」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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