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Re: Hi from Ukraine

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Saturday, December 1, 2001, 18:39
Nicole wrote:
>--- Andreas Johansson froge sionk: > > BTW, in Swedish literature the Polono-Lithuanian union is often > > refered to > > as simply "Rzeczpospolita". Is this in use in English too? > > > doesn't 'rzecz' mean 'thing/item' in polish...?
Not the slightest, but as "Rzeczpospolita" is ultimately from Latin "res publica" I doubt it's related. Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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