Place names
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53 identified places · 42 mapped · 669 of 2046 indexed occurrences linked to places
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60 records · 101 occurrences
草羅城
Identification pending · 0 supported · 0 tentative · 1 unresolved occurrences
The passage and name interpretation are recorded here. A place identification has not yet been established.
Recorded names
草羅城
『日本書紀』の神功皇后に関する記事から引かれる新羅の城名。『蝦夷島奇観』ではアイヌ語チャシの語源を日本古語の「さし」に結びつけるための例とされるが、この比較は著者の説である。
名称の言語的由来は未確認。
Attestations (1)
- 蝦夷島奇観 · Hokkaido University Library · 11:6
すチヤシの名を按るにサシの訛語成へし日本記息長足姫天皇条下云新羅草羅城とあり其外にも疏留城（サシ）避城（サシ）何をも新羅守麗の城（サシ）をサシといふ又金刺の宮と云も皇
「草羅城」