Florenz, but yeah
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hansolo@lemmy.today 3 weeks agoPlus the true downgrade of Firenze to “Florence.”
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NachBarcelona@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Do you perhaps mean “Florenz”?
hansolo@lemmy.today 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
What’s “Florenz”?
It’s Firenze in German.
20cello@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Naples? Rome? Venice?
hansolo@lemmy.today 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Florence comes from the Latin name of the city Florentia.
hansolo@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
TIL
X@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Napoli. Roma. Venezia.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Czech: Neapol, Řím, Benátky.