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21-11-2001, 03:08
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armynames & navynames for EU2
Hi all. Can either Demetrios Havard or other Betazoids please bring this up to the rest of the beta forum?
I am working on a couple projects for EU2. One of them may end up being an alternative history type scenario (in the spirit of Old IGC where you have strong post-1453 Byzantium and Italy unification etc). However, much of my accumulating data is very useful for anyone, in fact anyone doing scenarios can take advantage of my database! Even Paradox may find this very useful. Enough talk, let me show you a tiny sample below of the "goods" I've got: Suleyman's additions to armynames.csv (this is a tiny sample of what I have already) --- ZAN;Swahili Army ZAN;Bantu Militia ZAN;Tanganyika Regiment ZAN;Zambia Regiment BYZ;Praetorian Guards BYZ;Cohort of Justice BYZ;Greek Legion BYZ;Macedonian Legion BYZ;Legio Romanum BYZ;Serb Auxiliaries PAP;Swiss Guards PAP;Papal Legion PAP;Legione Italiano PAP;Legione di Roma PAP;Legione di Emilia PAP;Cavalieri del Papa CHI;Imperial Army CHI;Yellow Army CHI;Sichuan Army CHI;Ming Imperial Guards CHI;Qing Imperial Guards CHI;Expeditionary Forces CHI;Korean Auxiliaries CHI;Imperial Dragon Regiment CHI;Manchu Regiment PER;The Immortals PER;Army of the Shah PER;Army of Abbas PER;Kurdish Militia PER;Sufi Guards PER;Shia Guards PER;Hormoz Regiment LAP;Ejercito del Norte LAP;Ejercito de la Plata LAP;Ejercito de los Andes LAP;Regimiento de Buenos Aires LAP;Regimiento de Uruguay POL;Wielka Armia Koronna POL;Hetman's 1st Crown Army POL;Hetman's 2nd Crown Army POL;Hetman's 1st Ducal Army POL;Hetman's 2nd Ducal Army POL;3rd Polish Army POL;4th Polish Army POL;5th Polish Army POL;Pospolite Ruszenie POL;Kozacy Rejestrowi of course, the above is only a tiny sample. I have lots more already in armynames navynames, leadernames, military leaders, and also now learning to script events. if this is useful to anyone, please let me know. otherwise, I would just save my efforts for my own IGC projects... if you think you have better suggestions for the names lists, then don't hesitate to tell me! |
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21-11-2001, 03:26
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I think that Dahomey needs an army name commemorating its famous all-female royal guard. But I can't think of a good-sounding name for it. "Female Guard" or "Women's Guard" sound like a group guarding the women of the royal house, not a guard made up of females...
"Royal Women's Regiment" maybe?
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21-11-2001, 03:35
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 .... tho I never knew that Dahomey allowed women as warriors. maybe they were a matriarchal society? so far I got fast responses! I just got sent the following additions mixed with some more of my own! looks fantastic! ZUL;kwaZulu Impi ZUL;kwaBulawayo Impi ZUL;kwaDukuza Impi ZUL;Butelezi Guards ZUL;Hlobane Regiment ZUL;Ulundi Regiment ZUL;Mthethwa Regiment ZAN;Swahili Army ZAN;Bantu Militia ZAN;Tanganyika Regiment ZAN;Zambia Regiment NIP;Kyoto Imperial Guards NIP;5th Ashigaru NIP;7th Ashigaru NIP;Tokugawa Samurai NIP;Hideyoshi Samurai NIP;Oda Samurai NIP;Takeda Cavalry |
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21-11-2001, 03:42
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Nip: Hojo Nodachi
Nip: Imperial Yari I'll give some more when i think of them... |
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21-11-2001, 03:50
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21-11-2001, 04:11
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21-11-2001, 08:37
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Maybe we should call them the "Spice Girls"? "Ebony Girls"? Wait, I´ve got it - "The Supremes". As far as "matriarchates" go I think that the Iroquis comes the closest to qualify. /Vandelay |
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21-11-2001, 10:22
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Amazons maybe?
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21-11-2001, 12:05
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21-11-2001, 12:10
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These are Zulu regimental names from the Anglo-Zulu War, so a bit out of period. Each is an ‘ibutho’, so should properly be called, for examaple, the iNdabakawombe ibutho, but that would take up rather a lot of space:
iNdabakawombe (Royal bodyguard) iNdluyengwe iNgobamakhosi iSangqu uDududu uKhandempemvu uMbonambi uMcijo uMxapho uNokhenke uThulwana uVe |
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21-11-2001, 14:25
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Does this Women's Guard have an historical name? Just name them so if they have one
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22-11-2001, 01:42
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Do you know which regiments are Impi and which ones are not? my understanding is that Shaka created the Impi as a sort of "elite light infantry" in regiments... which then leads me to assume that not every single Zulu unit was an Impi. |
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22-11-2001, 14:00
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Impi is the word for 'army' - I've never seen a reference to an individually named impi (I doubt if there were often circumstances where more than one was formed at a given time).
Ibutho is, roughly, 'regiment' (plural amabutho). They were made up of men of a specific age, but drawn from a wide area, so avoiding regional loyalties. In terms of EU, a fledgling Zulu nation might only have one main army - "kwaZulu Impi" from your list would be a suitable name. As more armies appear, the ibutho names could be used - they would lend local flavour, if not historical accuracy, but then a Zulu nation with multiple armies is alternative history already. As an EU Zulu nation gained provinces, "province-name Impi" would be suitable, but a bit boring
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22-11-2001, 19:47
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Re: armynames & navynames for EU2
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POL: Pierwsza Armia Koronna POL: Druga Armia Koronna POL: Pierwsza Armia Polna POL: Druga Armia Polna POL: Trzecia Armia Polska POL: Czwarta Armia Polska POL: Pi¹ta Armia Polska
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22-11-2001, 20:12
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Re: Re: armynames & navynames for EU2
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I wrote in english because someone told me about how PL named some armies after 4 hetman armies, 2 for duchy and 2 for crown. but he never told me what its translation in polish. so I left it in english I will be happy to use your translations. However, your last one is garbled. Are you using non-ASCII text? it looks like this: Pi¹ta Armia Polska (for 5th army) thanks for the info! |
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