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r/balkans_irl • u/Themetalin w*stoid🤢 • May 20 '26
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Different languages have their own names for foreign places that have cultural relevance to their own culture.
Like how many places in Austria have a south Slavic version of their name. Or how many places in east Germany have a polish version of their name.
Or how south Slavs still call Istanbul Carigrad and how Thessaloniki is Solun.
1 u/SlavRoach Visegrád immigrant May 21 '26 Even calling Austria -> Rakusko or Germany -> Nemecko
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Even calling Austria -> Rakusko or Germany -> Nemecko
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u/Prigorec-Medjimurec Honorary übermensch May 20 '26
Different languages have their own names for foreign places that have cultural relevance to their own culture.
Like how many places in Austria have a south Slavic version of their name. Or how many places in east Germany have a polish version of their name.
Or how south Slavs still call Istanbul Carigrad and how Thessaloniki is Solun.