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Re: Country names in national languages

From:Douglas Koller, Latin & French <latinfrench@...>
Date:Monday, May 13, 2002, 22:59
Carlos Thompson wrote:

> > >The idea is to have a list covering all countries (I would add main >> cities if possible), including: >> ES - Short name in English: i.e. Columbia * >> EO - Long official name in English: i.e. Republic of Columbia >> EE - Ethimology in English: from (Christopher) Columbus >> NL - National language: i.e. Spanish. >> NS - Short name in national language: i.e. Colombia >> .. . - pronunciation: /ko"lom.bja/ >> NO - Long official name in national language: i.e. República de >> Colombia >> .. . - pronunciation: /rre"pu.Bli.ka De ko"lom.bja/ >> .. . - interlinear translation: i.e. Republic of Columbia >> NE - Ethimology in national language: from (Cristobal) Colón > > .. . - pronunciation: Colón: /ko"lon/
For my lang: ES: Géarthtörs EO: Kingdom of Géarthtörs EE: same as NE NL: Géarthnuns NS: Géarthtörs: /'gea*T"tY*s/ NO: Cha Frens Géarthtörsaub Tfau /tSa "f*E~s 'gea*T"tY*sOb TfO/ interlinear: <the> <kingdom> <Géarthtörs-post.> <namely/that is/"of"> NE: géarths = fealty and noblesse oblige; törs = island (arch.) (current meaning now confined to "ait") Kou