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R: Re: R: Italogallic in Zera, and other languages.

From:Mangiat <mangiat@...>
Date:Monday, April 24, 2000, 7:40
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