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An island province in the Inland Sea adjoining [[Harima province]] and [[Awa province (Shikoku)|Awa province]] in Shikoku. Now it is part of Hyôgo Prefecture.
An island province in the Inland Sea adjoining [[Harima province]] and [[Awa province (Shikoku)|Awa province]] in Shikoku. Now it is part of Hyôgo Prefecture.
The island of Awaji appears in the ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'', as one of the first islands to be formed. It is formed of the placenta of Izanami, when she gives birth to Hiruko, the [[Leech Child]]; according to interpretations related to that tale, the etymology of the island's name is said to be related to the word ''haji'' ("shame" or "embarrassment"), or to a negative form of the verb ''au'' (to meet; ''awaji'' would thus mean "to not meet," or, to be unsatisfactory). However, it has also been suggested that the more historical (non-mythical) origins of the placename might derive from the two characters ''awa'' and ''ji'' meaning "millet place" (粟地). The characters used to write the island's name today (淡路) mean, roughly, "foam road" or "pale, fleeting road."<ref>W.G. Aston (trans.), ''Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697'', Japan Society of London (1896), 13n1.</ref>
==Han in Awaji==
==Han in Awaji==
*Tsuna district 津名郡
*Tsuna district 津名郡
*Mihara district 三原郡
*Mihara district 三原郡
==References==
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[[Category:Provinces]]
[[Category:Provinces]]