Andrew yscrifef:
> Am 04/22 17:31 Mangiat yscrifef:
>
> > Some stupid Northern indipendentists (have you ever heard speaking about
> > Bossi? He's our Haider, and he's just won the regional elections with
those
> > hells of Liberal - Neo Fascist parties) have called Northern Italy
Padania.
> > I'd rather call Northern Italy Lombardia, since the word is from
> > 'Longobardia' and the Longobards conquerred, around the 7th century, if
I am
> > right, a great part of Northern Italy, so this name could be OK.
Southern
> > Italy has always had the name 'Regno delle Due Sicilie' (Kingdom of the
Two
> > Sicilies = real Sicily + Southern Italy).
> >
> Aren't there sort of poetic names for north and south Italy:
> Mezzogiorno for south Italy, like Midi for south France; and
> Setto-something for for north Italy, referring to the seven stars of
> Ursa Minor. I looked in the Chambers Atlas of World History and
> northern Italy in the past, when it has been united has been things like
> the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdam of Sardinia, or the Cisalpine
> Republic. The south I think should stick to being called the Kingdom of
> the Two Sicilies in Zera.
Southern Italy: Mezzogiorno, adj. meridionale
Northern Italy: Settentrione, adj. settentrionale
A joke-name we Northern Italian people give to southern ones is 'terroni'
(sng.-e), but it's quiet offensive!
Luca