04-13-2025, 09:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-13-2025, 09:21 PM by Cealgair.
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(04-13-2025, 05:23 PM)Fifty Wrote:(04-13-2025, 04:23 PM)Cealgair Wrote:(04-12-2025, 10:37 PM)Fifty Wrote: venice > venezia
How can you say one is strictly greater than the other if they're the same thing
"Venice" is a better name than "Venezia".
Ah. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you prefer the name you're used to. Happens.
I don't think there are many Italian names for US cities that are different from the English names. I guess Baltimora is the only one that comes to mind. Pretty much nobody says Nuova York. Maybe some people would say Sant'Antonio, idk. People do say San Paolo to refer to São Paulo in Brazil.
As for other English-speaking cities, I guess Londra, Dublino, Edimburgo and Città del Capo are the only Italian names that come to mind. Also Gibilterra if that counts. There are a lot more Italian names for cities in mainland Europe
During fascism there was a push to eradicate all loanwords from Italian, to replace foreign placenames within Italy, etc. Maybe in that period they made up more names for US cities that nobody uses anymore. I'm too lazy to check
EDIT: some of us spell Filadelfia like this. I don't
My username is in Scottish Gaelic. If you speak that language, please tell me how to pronounce it properly.
The best source I've got so far is this: https://learngaelic.scot/dictionary/inde...word=false
The best source I've got so far is this: https://learngaelic.scot/dictionary/inde...word=false