----- Original Message -----
From: Joe <joe@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: CHAT National toponyms (
> >England and Scotland are kingdoms, I think. Certainly they were
> >kingdoms before the Act of Union... Wales is a principality, and
> >Northern Ireland is a province. I'm not sure that there _is_ a
> >general term, unless Joe's right about 'part'.
> >
> >
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> Well, England and Scotland aren't Kingdoms. The Act of Union dealt with
> that. Northern Ireland is all that remains of the ex-Kingdom of
> Ireland, though that was also stripped of its Kingdomhood in 1801.
because some Irish sided with Napoleon? *curious*
> Wales mgith be a Principality, but Prince Charles has no actual power in
> Wales. So I'm not sure it can actually be called that.
>