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Old 11.30.2008, 04:09 PM   #1
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Called the "Atlas of True Names," the new map traces the etymological roots of European and global place names and then translates them into English. The "City of Boatmen" is also known as Paris. Should you travel to the Land of the Fire Keepers, you'd find yourself in Azerbaijan. And Italy comes from the Latin word vitulus, which means "calf."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...591702,00.html

 



 



 



 



http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fo...cke-37310.html


Ok, maybe I'm the only one interested in that kind of things...
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Old 11.30.2008, 04:13 PM   #2
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Old 11.30.2008, 06:21 PM   #3
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'Choked Pool' - I always wondered what Liverpool actually meant. 'Pool of Life' my arse.
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Old 11.30.2008, 09:21 PM   #4
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interesting
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Old 12.01.2008, 05:38 AM   #5
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Yes, interesting, but I do have to question some of these translations...

How come Amsterdam is "Dam by the River" while Rotterdam is "Borrowing Water Dam", when both cities are named after dams by rivers, one being the Amstel and the other one the Rotte? That just seems odd and arbitrarily.
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Old 12.01.2008, 06:35 AM   #6
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Also they don't translate the "ton" which is the anglo-saxon word for town, hence Princeton, Kingston etc.
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Old 12.01.2008, 04:20 PM   #7
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This is interesting.....lol Little Rabbit Land.
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Old 12.01.2008, 04:53 PM   #8
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lol at Havana. The Spanish are so original.
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