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Re: Country names

From:Adam Walker <carrajena@...>
Date:Sunday, May 11, 2003, 10:56
Carrajena perhapsabilities for Germany:

Djerman~a < Germania
Tudun~a < Tutonia
Aleman~a < Alemania
Vandaja < Vandalia

I still don't know what I'll choose.

Dalmatia is Daumacha
Venice is Vineda
Corfu is Corva
Bulgaria is Bugaja
Romania is Ruman~a
Serbia is Servia
Russia is Roxa

Adam

--- BP Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
> At 08:30 10.5.2003 +0100, Jan van Steenbergen wrote: > > >FWIW, Wenedyk has "Tutonia", and the name of the > (High) German language is > >"Tutonyk". Low German is called "Saszonyk". > > Why not the reflex of _Germania_? > > /BP Who needs to revise Slevanek soon... > > / B.Philip Jonsson B^) > -- > mailto:melrochX@melroch.net (delete X!) >
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