On: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:55:53 -0500
Carlos Thompson wrote:
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> Probably Ireland was not very important to Spaniards or other Spanish
> speakers when
> "Inglaterra" became part of the language. As a later borrowing "Ireland"
> became "Irlanda" as
> Holland-->Holanda
> Finland-->Finlandia
> Gro/nland-->Groenlandia
> Island-->Islandia
^^^^^^
Iceland.
> The -landia has become an productive suffix in Spanish:
> Disneylandia (from Disneyland)
> Patolandia (where Donald Duck lives in)
Funny! In Portugese it's Pat=f3polis.
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