From: jvazquez on
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
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
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
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
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.
>
> I’ll 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)