Thiruvananthapuram

Japanese: Tiruvanantapuram
Thiruvananthapuram

...Population: 524,000 (1991), metropolitan population: 826,000 (1991). The state's official name in Malayalam is Thiruvananthapuram, meaning "the city of the sacred snake." Located on a hill about 3 km from the Arabian Sea, it was the capital of the princely state of Travancore-Cochin since the late 18th century.

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Tiruvanantapuram" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人口52万4000(1991),大都市域人口82万6000(1991)。州公用語のマラヤーラム語名はティルバナンタプラムTiruvanantapuramで,〈聖なる蛇の町〉の意。アラビア海から約3km離れた丘陵上にあり,18世紀末以来トラバンコール・コーチン藩王国の首都であった。…

※「Tiruvanantapuram」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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