portolanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From French portulan, from Italian portolano.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpɔːtələn/

名詞

portolan (plural portolans)

1. (historical, nautical) A chart of European navigable waters based on descriptions of coasts. [from 18th c.]
   • 2012, Simon Garfield, On the Map, Profile Books, page 110:

     Portolans are as old as the European mariner's magnetic compass, and for about two centuries the two depended on each other for the growth and safe passage of Mediterranean trade.

別の表記

• portolano
• portulan

アナグラム

• pronotal