samedi, décembre 18, 2004

how europeans refer to their own country

Update: It's official: the word for "what local people call a geographic feature" is endonym. A word that non-local people use is an exonym.


Yesterday, Sandra, Suzanne and I were discussing what the Japanese call Japan. Which led to this:
A map of Europe that lists the countries by the name that people in that country use.

I wish I had one for the rest of the world. For now, this will have to do.
Via http://www.coherenceengine.com/maps/real_euro.gif

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