From: jvazquez on 29 May 2010 20:33 On 29 mayo, 20:21, Abubakr <deltara...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On May 30, 6:24 am, Chagney Hunt <ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ironically the name China might not have been picked by the Chinese > > themselves. It probably came from "Jin", a dynasty established by > > nomads coming from from Manchuria who conquered and ruled most of > > northern China for over a century before they themselves got swallowed > > up by the Mongols. > > No, it is older than that. China has been known as "Cheen" in Persian > since at least late antiquity and the English word seems to be a > corruption of the Persian. China was named "el Reino de Catay" (The kingdom of Catay) a long time ago. JV
From: Abubakr on 29 May 2010 20:38 On May 30, 5:44 am, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote: > RM I thought France was Franjistan or was that the name used for > Christendom in the beginning of the Osman time? The word Farang was derived from "the Franks" but it didn't specifically refer to the "the French" but was a generic term of western Europeans. For example. in Iranian Persian (Farsi) the term for tomato is Gorje-ye-Farangi (literally, "the plum of the Franks"), and in Afghan Persian (Dari) tomato is Badonjaan-e-Roomi (lit. "the Roman Aubergine").
From: Abubakr on 29 May 2010 20:42 On May 30, 10:33 am, jvazq...(a)semavenca.com wrote: > On 29 mayo, 20:21, Abubakr <deltara...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On May 30, 6:24 am, Chagney Hunt <ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Ironically the name China might not have been picked by the Chinese > > > themselves. It probably came from "Jin", a dynasty established by > > > nomads coming from from Manchuria who conquered and ruled most of > > > northern China for over a century before they themselves got swallowed > > > up by the Mongols. > > > No, it is older than that. China has been known as "Cheen" in Persian > > since at least late antiquity and the English word seems to be a > > corruption of the Persian. > > China was named "el Reino de Catay" (The kingdom of Catay) a long time > ago. > > JV And Catay itself is derived from Khotan or has the same etymology, as Khotan is an alternate name for China in Persian too. But the actual Khotan (Hotan) is in far Western China steppe country, as opposed to cultural sphere of the Han Chinese of the east.
From: Lleo on 29 May 2010 23:41 On 29 maio, 20:01, jvazq...(a)semavenca.com wrote: > On 29 mayo, 10:33, Lleo <lleo...(a)lycos.com> wrote: > > > On 29 maio, 08:21, jvazq...(a)semavenca.com wrote: > > > > (This is not a sophisticated, nor un-sophisticated, nor any kind of > > > competition. You only get some general culture ;-) > > > Em português: > > Camerun > > > Camarões > > It sound like "shrimp" in Spanish. > > What is the name of "shrimp" in Portuguese? In Portuguese, Shrimp = Camarão. Its plural is "Camarões". So, "República dos Camarões" could be mistakenly translated as "Republic of Shrimps" :-) -- Lléo
From: Futbolmetrix on 30 May 2010 00:14
On May 29, 2:21 pm, jvazq...(a)semavenca.com wrote: > (This is not a sophisticated, nor un-sophisticated, nor any kind of > competition. You only get some general culture ;-) > > I think I started a similar thread four or eight years ago, when I was > surprised of the name of Germany in Swedish as Tyskland. > > Ill do the Spanish again: Italian: > > Surafrica or Sudafrica Sudafrica > México Messico (no "x" in Italian) > Uruguay > Francia Francia (pronounced "Francha") > Argentina Argentina (with a soft "g", as in "jelly") > Nigeria Nigeria (Nee-je-ree-ah) > República de Corea or Corea del Sur Corea del Sud > Grecia Grecia (Gre - cha) > Inglaterra Inghilterra > Estados Unidos de América Stati Uniti d'America or USA > Argelia Algeria (Al-je-ree-ah) > Eslovenia Slovenia (with an open "e" as in "west") > Alemania Germania > Australia Australia (Ah-oo-strah-lee-ah) > Serbia Serbia > Ghana Ghana > Holanda Olanda or Paesi Bassi (but not really used) > Dinamarca Danimarca > Japón Giappone > Camerún Camerun > Italia Italia > Paraguay Paraguay > Nueva Zelanda o Nueva Zelandia Nuova Zelanda > Eslovaquia Slovacchia (Slo-vakk-ee-ah) > Brasil > República Democrática Popular de Corea or Corea del Norte Corea del Nord > Costa de Marfil Costa d'Ivorio > Portugal Portogallo > España Spagna > Suiza Svizzera > Honduras Honduras > Chile Cile (pronounced as in Spanish) |