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翻訳と辞書　辞書検索 [ 開発暫定版 ] スポンサード リンク Governors Island ： ウィキペディア英語版 Governors Island Governors Island is a island in Upper New York Bay, approximately from the southern tip of Manhattan Island and separated from Brooklyn by Buttermilk Channel, approximately . It is legally part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The National Park Service administers a small portion of the north of the island as the Governors Island National Monument, while the Trust for Governors Island operates the rest as a public park. The national historic landmark district, approximately of the northern half of the island, is open to the public for several months in the summer and early fall, and the circumferential road around the island is also open to the public. The island is accessed by ferries from Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Native Americans of the Manhattan region referred to the island as ''Paggank'' ("nut island"), likely after the island's plentiful hickory, oak, and chestnut trees;〔Noted in Joseph White Moulton, ''History of the State of New York including its Aboriginal and Colonial Annals'', 1824, excerpted in ''The New-York Literary Gazette'', 1826.〕 the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block called it ''Noten Eylant'', a translation, and this was borrowed into English as Nutten Island. The island's current name, made official in 1784, stems from the British colonial era, when the colonial assembly reserved the island for the exclusive use of New York's royal governors. In 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, Continental Army troops raised defensive works on the island, which they used to fire upon British ships before they were taken. From 1783 to 1966, the island was a United States Army post, and from 1966 to 1996 the island served as a major United States Coast Guard installation. About of fill was added to the island by 1912, making the island a island.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Governors Island )〕 ==History== 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「Governors Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.