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St. George's (formally, the Town of St. George, or St. George's Town), located on the island and within the parish of the same names, settled in 1612, was the first permanent English settlement on the islands of Bermuda. It is often described as the third successful English settlement in the Americas, after St. John's, Newfoundland, and Jamestown, Virginia. In fact, although English fishermen had begun setting up seasonal camps in Newfoundland in the 16th Century, they were expressly forbidden from establishing permanent settlements, and the town of St. John's was not established until circa 1620. Jamestown, also, did not exist until 1619. Prior to that, its settlers were obliged to live within James Fort. St. George's, claimed to be the oldest continuously-inhabited English town in the New World, is consequently suggested to have been the first. == Nomenclature == Bermudian convention, where a toponym contains the name of a person, is to render the person's name in the possessive form. The place is rarely treated as equivalent to the person. Among many examples of such place names in Bermuda are St. David's Island, ''Bailey's Bay'', Sandys' Parish (named for Sir Edwin Sandys), Skeeters' Island (often mistakenly rendered "Skeeter's Island", it is named for ''Edward Skeeters'' and is also known as ''Burt's Island''),〔(Bermuda Police Service: History. The Early Years: ''The Death Of Anna Skeeters'' )〕〔(The Bermudian magazine: ''The Skeeters Murder''. By Sandra Campbell. 15 March, 2013 )〕 ''Gibb's Hill'', ''Barr's Bay'', ''Ackermann's Hill'', ''Nelly's Island'', Cooper's Island, Darrell's Island, ''Paynter's Vale'', ''Abbot's Head'' (or ''Abbot's Cliff''),〔(Geographic.org. Photius Coutsoukis and Information Technology Associates )〕 and Fort St. Catherine's. The possessive form is also used for titles, as with ''Collector's Hill'' (named for the ''Collector of Taxes''). The use of the possessive form is not exclusive, however, as exemplified by place names such as the names of most of the parishes (which - other than St. George's Parish - all commemorate historical people), such as Hamilton Parish (named for James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton), Devonshire Parish (named for), and Paget Parish. Some of these exceptions may have originated with changed syntax, as ''Devonshire Parish'' may originally have been ''The Parish of Devonshire''. This is seen with the ''City of Hamilton'' (named for Henry Hamilton, a former Governor of Bermuda). Whereas the City of Hamilton is commonly referred to as ''Hamilton'', The Town of St. George, St. George's Parish, St. George's Island, and St. George's Harbour (and any other toponym usually containing a person's name in the possessive form) always remains possessive when shortened, such as in the ''St. George's Foundation''.〔(St. George's Foundation website )〕 By example, Bermudians will always say ''St. George's and St. David's are the largest islands in St. George's Parish'', and never ''St. George and St. David are the largest islands in St. George Parish''. As many maps and other printed materials featuring Bermuda are produced abroad, it is extremely common to find maps, books and other material using the non-possessive forms, but visitors to Bermuda should be aware that using the non-possessive forms when speaking to Bermudians is likely to cause as much offence as saying "Bermudan" (although Bermudians, who pride themselves on politeness, are unlikely to respond rudely). 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「St. George's, Bermuda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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