Florenz, but yeah
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hansolo@lemmy.today 1 month agoPlus the true downgrade of Firenze to “Florence.”
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NachBarcelona@piefed.social 1 month ago
Do you perhaps mean “Florenz”?
hansolo@lemmy.today 1 month ago
No, in Italian, the city’s name is Firenze, which is much cooler IMO than nasal EN/DE Florence. Which, TIL, is from the Latin Florenti, as in “Florentine” as the ajdectival form.
What’s “Florenz”?
NachBarcelona@piefed.social 1 month ago
What’s “Florenz”?
It’s Firenze in German.
20cello@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Naples? Rome? Venice?
hansolo@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Those have more straightforward transliterations. But where the fuck does the L even come from?
Firenze was also the art and culture capitol of Europe for quite some time, so this isn’t some backwater town. It’s like the CCP telling people that New York is now officially called “Not Yoodle” in Chinese.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Florence comes from the Latin name of the city Florentia.
hansolo@lemmy.today 1 month ago
TIL
X@piefed.world 1 month ago
Napoli. Roma. Venezia.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 month ago
Czech: Neapol, Řím, Benátky.