丹たん州しゅう

noun

Tanshū; the two former provinces of Tanba and Tango

Historical region name referring collectively to the old provinces of Tanba (丹波) and Tango (丹後) in what is now northern Kyoto Prefecture and parts of Hyōgo Prefecture. Used mainly in historical or geographical contexts.

See also: 丹波 · 丹後

• 丹たん州しゅうは、かつて丹たん波ば国こくと丹たん後ご国こくを合あわせた呼よび名なです。

  Tanshū is a name that once referred to the combined provinces of Tanba and Tango.

• この古こ文もん書じょには丹たん州しゅうの地ち名めいがよく出でてくる。

  Place names from Tanshū appear frequently in this old document.