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Budjak or Budzhak (Russian, Ukrainian, and Bulgarian: Буджак; Romanian: ''Bugeac'') is a historical region in the Odessa Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Lying along the Black Sea between the Danube and Dniester rivers, this multi-ethnic region of 13,188 km² was the southern part of Bessarabia. The region is bordered in the north and west by Moldova, in the south by Romania and in the east by the Black Sea. ==Name and geography== Historically, Budjak was a smaller, southeastern steppe region of Moldavia. Bordered by the northern Trajan's Wall at its north end, by the Danube river and Black Sea to its south, by Tigheci Hills (just east of the Prut River) to the west, and Dniester river to the east, it was known as ''historic Bessarabia'' until 1812, when this name was given to the larger region situated between the two rivers, including Budjak. As used in Middle Ages, the term might (if referred to the geographical area) or might not (if referred to the area predominated by Nogai Tatars) include Cetatea Albă, Chilia and Izmail counties. After the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia in 1940, its southern part that was included in the Ukrainian SSR and did not form Moldavian SSR, became known as Budjak, thus being slightly smaller than the historical term. The name Budjak itself was given to the area during Ottoman rule (1484–1812) and derives from the Turkish word ''bucak'', meaning "borderland" or "corner", referring roughly to the land between what was then Akkerman (now Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi), Bender and Ismail. After 1812, the term Bessarabia came to apply to all of Moldavia east of the Prut River. Consequently, Budjak is sometimes referred to as "Southern Bessarabia". Besides Southern Bessarabia, other descriptive terms that have been applied to the region include ''Bulgarian Bessarabia'' ((ウクライナ語:Болгарська Бессарабія), translit. ''Bolhars'ka Bessarabiia''), ''Akkermanshchyna'' ((ウクライナ語:Аккерманщина)), and ''Western Odessa Oblast'' ((ウクライナ語:Західнa Одещина), translit. ''Zakhidna Odeshchyna''). The area has been termed variously in the English language, including Budjak, Budzhak, Bujak, Buchak, and even Budziac Tartary. In the Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Russian languages, the area is referred to as ''Budzhak'' (Cyrillic: Буджак, pronounced (:ˈbudʒak)), in Polish it is ''Budziak'', in Romanian it is ''Bugeac'', while in Turkish it is ''Bucak''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Budjak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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