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The shallot is a type of onion, specifically a botanical variety of the species ''Allium cepa''. The shallot was formerly classified as a separate species, ''A. ascalonicum'', a name now considered a synonym of the currently accepted name. == Names == Shallots probably originated in Central or Southeast Asia, travelling from there to India and the eastern Mediterranean. The name "shallot" comes from Ashkelon, an ancient Canaanite city, where people in classical Greek times believed shallots originated. Indian names for shallots include ''kaanda'' or ''gandana'' or ''pyaaz'' (Hindi, Marathi, Marwari and Punjabi), ''gundhun'' (Bengali), ''cheriya ulli'' or ''chuvanna ulli'' (Malayalam), ଉଲ୍ଲି ପିଆଜ (ulli piaja in Odia), ''chinna ullipayi'' (Telugu) and ''chinna vengayam'' (or ''sambar vengayam'' in the Chennai region) (Tamil). In the Kashmiri language, shallots are called ''praan''. In Nepal, shallots are called ''chyapi'' (छ्यापी). In Southeastern Asia, shallots are called ''bawang merah kecil'' (small red onions) in Malay, ''brambang'' in Java, ''sibuyas bombay'' (Indian onion) in the Philippines (in contrast with ''sibuyas Tagalog'', the larger, red onion), and ''hom'' (หอม, fragrant) in Thai. In Cambodian (Khmer), shallots are called ''katem kror hom'', where ''katem'' or ''ktem'' is a species of onion, and ''kror hom'' or ''hom'' meaning "red", describes their colour. The name ''shallot'' is also used for the Persian shallot ''(A. stipitatum)'', from the Zagros Mountains in Iran and Iraq. The term shallot is further used for the French red shallot (''Allium cepa'' var. ''aggregatum'', or the ''A. cepa'' Aggregatum Group) and the French gray shallot or griselle (Allium oschaninii), a species referred to as "true shallot";〔 it grows wild from Central to Southwest Asia. The term ''eschalot'', derived from the French word ''échalote'', can also be used to refer to the shallot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eschalot )〕 The usage of ''green onion'' for shallot is found among English-speaking people in Quebec; but when ''shallot'' is used, stress is on the second syllable.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.marchespublics-mtl.com/en/produits/green-onion-shallot/?filter_market=436 )〕 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「shallot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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