Post #1238562
2026-04-08 09:16 UTC
Two months ago my brain decided that I needed to find out what the name of each country means. As the work progressed, along came capital cities and some administrative divisions. On some days I didn’t do anything else but this and on some other days I barely even looked at the list. A bit surprisingly I actually managed to finish the project, so here I present to you the meaning and language group of origin of quite many placenames.
https://yura.radulfr.net/countries.html
#etymology #placenames
Replies (2)
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@famubu@floss.social 2026-04-08 11:01
@radulfr Wow! Great work.
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@rcr@mastodon.online 2026-04-08 14:18
@radulfr Interesting project, thanks for sharing! Was at first taken aback by your explanation for the city that seats our government - but it seems you're right. I just knew the folkloric story of the name 🙂