ニャンザ
解説 Definition
ニャンザ。スワヒリ語で「湖」を意味する言葉。
Nyanza is an East African term for a large lake or extensive body of water. Capitalized, it also occurs in geographical names, including historical names connected with Lake Victoria and the surrounding region.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
nyanza は東アフリカの大きな湖・水域を表す語で、Lake Nyanza や Nyanza region のように地名にも現れる。ヴィクトリア湖と周辺地域を地図上で結び付け、「広い水面」を核に覚える。普通名詞的な意味と、地域名として語頭を大文字にする Nyanza を文脈で見分ける。
Associate nyanza with the great lakes of East Africa, especially Lake Victoria and the lands around it. The core image is a broad body of water, which explains why the word appears in lake and regional names. Learn the combinations Lake Nyanza and the Nyanza region rather than treating it as an isolated vocabulary item. Capitalization helps: Nyanza often names a particular lake, province, or region, while a lowercase form can describe the underlying geographical idea of a large lake or water body.
例文
Lake Nyanza is also known as Lake Victoria.
ニャンザ湖はビクトリア湖としても知られている。
Nyanza refers to large water bodies in East Africa.
ニャンザは東アフリカの大きな水域を指す。
The Nyanza region has rich biodiversity.
ニャンザ地域は豊かな生物多様性を持つ。
nyanza の類義語・関連語
nyanza の語源・成り立ち Etymology
バントゥー諸語（スワヒリ語系）で nyanza は「大きな水域・湖」を意味する。東アフリカのヴィクトリア湖周辺の地名に多く使われ、ケニアのニャンザ州やルワンダの旧称にも見られる。関連語: Lake Nyanza（ヴィクトリア湖の現地名）。アフリカ大湖沼地帯の風土が生んだ地名語である。
Nyanza comes from a Bantu-language term for a lake or large body of water. Related forms occur in several languages of East Africa, and European mapmakers adopted the word in geographical names, notably in older references to Lake Victoria. Its later use in regional names reflects the landscape of the African Great Lakes. The exact form should not be assigned exclusively to Swahili, since it has broader Bantu connections.
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