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

• Jumbie@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I love this exchange.

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  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It is interesting, because Nippon is a somewhat archaic version in Japanese. They usually say Nihon now.

    But of course, these exonyms will have been borrowed into these various languages a long time ago, so it kind of makes sense.

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