The name of the city comes from the name of a fishing village, Madrasahpatnam, acquired by the British from the local lord in 1639, but in 1996 it was renamed Chennai, the Tamil name. To the south 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 current city dates back to 1639. In the same year, the British East India Company acquired Madrasahpatnam as a new base to replace Masulipatam, their base on the Coromandel coast, which had come to be threatened by the Golconda Kingdom. *Some of the terminology that mentions "San Thomé" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…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。同年イギリス東インド会社は,コロマンデル海岸における根拠地マスリパタムがゴールコンダ王国に脅かされるに至ったため,同地に代わる新たな根拠地として,マドラサパトナムを取得した。… ※「San Thomé」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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