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Re: Beijing, Zhongguo, etc.

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 17:37
On 2008-08-20 Mark J. Reed wrote:
> Milan and Turin come down to us from Latin
Not really. They are North Italian forms, and hence probably closer to the local pronunciation, than Milano and Torino which are Central/Tuscan/Standard Italian forms. The Latin names were Mediolanum and Taurinum. /Benedictus

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