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Gujarat is currently a state, not a province. | Gujarat is currently a state, not a province. | ||
provinse : province, prefecture, state : !Greece had prefectures and provinces | provinse : province, prefecture, state : !Greece had prefectures and provinces, ?provinsia | ||
munisipa : municipality | munisipa : municipality : ?munisipia | ||
parocia : parish | parocia : parish | ||
distrito : district | distrito : district | ||
stato : state | stato : state | ||
teritorio : territory | teritorio : territory : ?teritoria | ||
impero : empire : ?imperia, like the other -ia | impero : empire : ?imperia, like the other -ia | ||
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Geographic names
Examples taken from http://elefen.org/disionario/disionario.txt
lfn : eng : comment Prusen : Prussia : Why Prusen? Does any of the source languages have this? Isolas Falkland : Falkland Islands : ?Isolas Malvinas Port-au-Prince : Port-au-Prince : ?speak as /prinke/
Graphems not in alphabet
q
Urumqi
w
San Lawrence Newfoundland KwaZulu-Natal : KvaZulu-Natal
sh
Shanxi
Compound names
Some are formed with "de", some without. Some appear in both versions: Mar Caribe and Mar de Caribe
Type de X
Isola de ...
Isola de Er : Ireland : Isola Er Isola de Marajo : Marajó : Isola Marajo Isola de Margarita : Margarita Island : Isola Margarita Isola de Baffin : Baffin Island : Isola Baffin
Isolas de ...
Isolas de Mar de Caribe : Caribbean Islands : ?Isolas Caribe ! also "la Mar Caribe" Isolas de Cook : Cook Islands : ?Isolas Cook Isolas de Majel : Marshall Islands : ?Isolas Majel Isolas de Marcesas : Marquesas Islands : ?Isolas Marcesas Isolas de Mariana : Mariana Islands : ?Isolas Mariana
Mar de ...
Mar de Alasca : Alaskan Sea : ?Mar Alasca
Deserto de ...
Deserto de Mohave
provinse de ...
provinse de Scotia Nova : Nova Scotia : ?Provinse Scotia Nova
statos unidos de ...
Statos Unida de America
Type X
Isola Man : Isle of Man Isola Natal : Christmas Island Isola Pascual : Easter Island, Rapa Nui Isolas Baleare : Balearic Islands Isolas Solomon : Solomon Islands Isolas Virjin : Virgin Islands provinse KwaZulu-Natal Mar Hudson Mar Atlantica Mar Mediteraneo Mar Caribe Mar Pasifica Lagos Grande Lago Ontario rio Ron Montes Himalaia
Capitalisation
First letter upper case
Isola X, Isolas X Mar X
First letter lower case
la provinse KwaZulu-Natal la provinse de Scotia Nova la provinse Jiangxi la provinse Guangdong
rio Ron
Type names
Gujarat, un provinse de India
Gujarat is currently a state, not a province.
provinse : province, prefecture, state : !Greece had prefectures and provinces, ?provinsia munisipa : municipality : ?munisipia parocia : parish distrito : district stato : state teritorio : territory : ?teritoria impero : empire : ?imperia, like the other -ia
From a title:
xec -> xecia : sheikhdom sultan -> sultania : sultanate califa -> califia : caliphate duxe -> duxia : duchy conte -> contia : county, shire, earldom han -> hanato : khanate : ?hania prinse -> prinsipado : principality, princely state : ?prinsia
Other
kh -> c
Abcazia : Abkhazia Cazacstan : Kazakhstan xec : sheik, sheikh, shaikh xecia : sheikdom, sheikhdom
kh -> h
han : khan hanato : khanate
Personal names
Mikhail Gorbachov : ?Mihail Gorbatxov