Comment on I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany

• 20cello@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Naples? Rome? Venice?

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  • 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.

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    • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Florence comes from the Latin name of the city Florentia.

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      • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        TIL

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  • X@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Napoli. Roma. Venezia.

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  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Czech: Neapol, Řím, Benátky.

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• rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Florenz, but yeah

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• NachBarcelona@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do you perhaps mean “Florenz”?

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  • 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”?

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    • NachBarcelona@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What’s “Florenz”?

      It’s Firenze in German.

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