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Edessa ((ギリシア語:Έδεσσα), ''Édessa'', (:ˈeðesa)), known as "city of waters",〔http://www.edessacity.gr/〕 is a city in northern Greece and the capital of the Pella regional unit, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece. It was also the capital of the defunct province of the same name. Edessa holds a special place in the history of the Greek world as, according to some ancient sources, it was here that Caranus established the first capital of ancient Macedon.〔http://www.pellanet.gr/index.php?com=page&item=19〕 Later, under the Byzantine Empire, Edessa benefited from its strategic location, controlling the Via Egnatia as it enters the Pindus mountains, and became a center of medieval Greek culture, famed for its strong walls and fortifications.〔 In the modern period, Edessa was one of Greece's industrial centers until the middle of the 20th century, with many textile factories operating in the city and its immediate vicinity. Today however its economy mainly relies on services and tourism. Edessa hosts most of the administrative services of the Pella regional unit, as well as some departments of the Thessaloniki-based University of Macedonia.〔http://www.edessacity.gr/tourism/index.htm〕 ==Name== The Greek name (''Édessa'') means "tower in the water"〔 and is generally thought to be of Phrygian origin,〔N.G.L. Hammond, "The Literary Tradition for the Migrations", in ''The Cambridge Ancient History'' II.2B:710 1975〕〔Hammond N.G.L, A history of Macedonia, Historical geography and prehistory, Vol. 1, Oxford 1979〕 although a minority of scholars consider it to be Illyrian instead.〔Ulrich Wilcken, ''Alexander the Great'', p. 23〕 The Slavic name ''Vodĭnŭ'' () was first attested in the 10th century, and became the common name until the 20th century. ''Vodená'' () was the name used in Greek until 1923, when the ancient name was revived.〔Paul Hellander, ''Greece'', Lonely Planet, 2008, p. 302〕〔''cf.'' Geographical name changes in Greece〕 The Bulgarian and Macedonian Slavic name remains ''Voden'' (Cyrillic: Воден). In Turkish, the city is known as ''Vodina'', and in Aromanian the city is known as either ''Edessa'', ''Vudena'' or ''Vodina''. Seleucus I Nicator named the city of Edessa in Mesopotamia (modern Şanlıurfa, Turkey) after the Macedonian Edessa. 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「Edessa, Greece」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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