Re: CHAT: Support/Oppression of Conlanging

Pavel Iosad scripsit:

> No, it is an adjexctive from the verb _grozit'_, to threat, and the
> original name was _Groznaya Krepost'_, i.e. "Threatening, Dnagerous,
> Impeccanle Fortress", later shortened to what it is. It is common
> practices for placenames to be adjectives here.
Hmm.  Does "threatening" here represent a threat to the State, or
by it?  Was the place originally an Imperial outpost against the
Chechens?  (And what is it called in Chechen?)

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