シナロア
解説 Definition
Sinaloa はメキシコ北西部にある州、Sinaloa（シナロア）を指す固有名詞です。太平洋に面し、州都はクリアカンです。
Sinaloa is a state in northwestern Mexico on the Pacific coast, with Culiacán as its capital. The name is used as a geographical proper noun when discussing the region, its people, history, or culture.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
メキシコ北西部の太平洋岸にある州として、地図上の位置と州都クリアカンを一緒に覚えます。英語でもスペイン語と同じ Sinaloa と書く固有名詞で、通常は無冠詞です。派生形 Sinaloan は「シナロアの、シナロア出身者」を表します。
Place Sinaloa on a mental map of Mexico: it is a northwestern state extending along the Pacific coast, and its capital is Culiacán. English keeps the Spanish spelling, so learn the whole name as a geographical proper noun rather than trying to divide it into familiar English parts. It normally appears without an article, as in “She traveled to Sinaloa.” Connect it with Sinaloan, the adjective and noun used for something or someone from the state.
例文
Sinaloa is a state in northwestern Mexico.
シナロアはメキシコ北西部の州です。
She studied the geography of Sinaloa for her report.
彼女はレポートのためにシナロアの地理を調べました。
The map showed Sinaloa along Mexico's Pacific coast.
その地図では、シナロアがメキシコの太平洋沿岸に示されていました。
sinaloa の類義語・関連語
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sinaloa の語源・成り立ち Etymology
Sinaloa は英語ではスペイン語形をそのまま借りた地名で、通説ではカイータ語の sina「ピタヤ」と lobola「丸い」に由来します。つまり「丸いピタヤの土地」ほどの意味で、Sinaloan はこの地名から派生した語です。
English borrowed Sinaloa unchanged from Spanish. A commonly cited account traces the place-name to words in Cáhita, an Indigenous language of northwestern Mexico, interpreted as sina, “pitaya,” and lobola, “rounded.” On that analysis, the name referred to a place associated with round pitaya fruit. Because explanations of old place-names can vary, this derivation is best treated as traditional rather than absolutely certain.
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