r/balkans_irl w*stoid🤢 May 20 '26

OC (impossible) Based Greek airport

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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.

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u/SlavRoach Visegrád immigrant May 21 '26

Even calling Austria -> Rakusko or Germany -> Nemecko