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Sardinia ( ; (イタリア語:Sardegna) (:sarˈdeɲɲa), (サルデーニャ語:Sardìgna / Sardìnnia) / , Sassarese: ''Sardhigna'', Gallurese: ''Saldigna'', Algherese: ''Saldenya'', Tabarchino: ''Sardegna'') is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus) and an autonomous region of Italy, which goes by the official name of ''Regione Autonoma della Sardegna'' / ''Regione Autònoma de Sardigna'' (Autonomous Region of Sardinia).〔(Delibera della Giunta regionale del 26 giugno 2012 )〕 The nearest land masses are (clockwise from north) the island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia, the Balearic Islands, and Provence. The Tyrrhenian Sea portion of the Mediterranean Sea is directly to the east of Sardinia between the Sardinian east coast and the west coast of the Italian mainland peninsula. The Strait of Bonifacio is directly north of Sardinia and separates Sardinia from the French island of Corsica. The region has its capital in its largest city, Cagliari, and is divided into eight provinces. Its indigenous language and the other minority languages (Sassarese, Corsican Gallurese, Catalan Algherese and Ligurian Tabarchino) enjoy "equal dignity" with Italian each in the concerned territory by a regional law.〔(Legge Regionale 15 ottobre 1997, n. 26 )〕 ==Etymology== The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *''sard-'', romanised as ''ラテン語:sardus'' (feminine ''ラテン語:sarda''); that the name had a religious connotation is suggested from its use also as the adjective for the ancient Sardinian mythological hero-god Sardus Pater "Sardinian Father" (in modern times misunderstood as being "Father Sardus"), as well as being the stem of the adjective "sardonic". Sardinia was called ''ラテン語:Ichnusa'' (the Latinised form of the Greek ''Hyknousa'', ), ''Sandàlion'' ( in Greek, meaning ‘sandal’), ''Sardinia'' and ''Sardó'' () by the Romans and the ancient Greeks. 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「Sardinia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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