Nation names in their native tongue

[Ayeshteni]

OK, a fairly arbitary decision by myself, I have decided to name the countries in their native tongues. (some would say pointless, but hey thats me)

So, if any-one can help by providing EU2 TAGs in native tongue that would be much appreciated.

For example, I have....

HAB: Austria = Osterreich
WLS: Wales = Cymru
SCO: Scotland = Alba
POL: Poland = Polska (is that right?)
SPA: Spain = Espana (?)
NIP: Nippon = Nihon
KOR: Korea = Koryo
VEN: Venice = Venezia
GEN: Genoa = Genova

As I said, any input for this folly would be highly appreciated

yours
Ayeshteni

 

[Nikolai II]

SWE - Sverige
FIN - Suomi

And isn't Korea - Chosan or something? I heard that Japan changed the transcription to a K for the '36 olympics so the Korean troop wouldn't get to enter the stadium before the Japanese.

Dai Viet was Dai Viet IIRC, but I can look it up this evening.

 

[Khephren]

Cherokee - Tsalagihi Ayili
Iroquois - Haudenosaunee
Huron - Wendat
Shawnee - Shawano
Lenape - Lenape

http://www.dickshovel.com/up.html


Navaho - Dineh


http://www.nps.gov/nava/nav.htm

 

[unmerged(24442)]

For scotland, it's worth remembering that while "Alba" mands "Scotland" in Gaelic, in Scots, it's just "Scotland" (or "Sco'lan'" if you were going for pronunciation ). While not being an Expert on Scottish History, I think that Scots and English were the common languages in the Capital, so you may wish to leave Scotland as it is...

That said...
Switzerland - Schweiz
Albania - Shqiperia
Bosnia - Bosna
Herzegovenia - Hercegovina

For any countries that are still around, I'd suggest the CIA factbook:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
It includes the local names.

And of course:
United States - America

 

[bombshellboi]

Cherokee - Tsalagihi Ayili
Iroquois - Haudenosaunee
Huron - Wendat
Shawnee - Shawano
Lenape - Lenape

http://www.dickshovel.com/up.html


Navaho - Dineh


http://www.nps.gov/nava/nav.htm

The Lenape native name was Delaware not Lenape.

For scotland, it's worth remembering that while "Alba" mands "Scotland" in Gaelic, in Scots, it's just "Scotland" (or "Sco'lan'" if you were going for pronunciation ). While not being an Expert on Scottish History, I think that Scots and English were the common languages in the Capital, so you may wish to leave Scotland as it is...

That said...
Switzerland - Schweiz
Albania - Shqiperia
Bosnia - Bosna
Herzegovenia - Hercegovina

For any countries that are still around, I'd suggest the CIA factbook:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
It includes the local names.

And of course:
United States - America

And the US is the US not America - America is the continent.
Most Americans call their country the US or United States of America as its official name; they say America only as a shortened version cos they too lazy to say United States...
If any Americans call their country America and mean it as the official name in their "native" tongue then that is just arrogance and pomposity rather than what really is...those are prolly the same people who think the US invented everything.

 

[Birger]

From this site: http://people.w3.org/rishida/names/countries.html

Albania - Shqipëria
Argentina - Argentina
Austria - Österreich
Belgium -Belgique, België The first is French, the second Flemish.
Bosnia - Bosna
Brazil - Brasil
Bulgaria - България
Canada - Canada
Chile CL Chile
Croatia - Hrvatska
Cyprus - Κύπρος
Denmark - Danmark
Finland - Suomi
France - France
Germany - Deutschland
Greece - Ελλάδα
Hungary - Magyarország
Ireland - Éire
Italy - Italia
Lithuania - Lietuva
Luxembourg - Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Norway - Norge
Poland - Polska
Portugal - Portugal
Serbia - Srbija
Spain - España
Sweden - Sverige
The Netherlands - Nederland
Turkey - Türkiye
Ukraine - Україна

 

[labalag]

Let see with my superior knowledge of dutch I came up with:

FLA: Vlaanderen
HOL: Nederland (You can also use Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
FRI: Friesland (in dutch)
GEL: Gelder or Gelderland

That should be it

 

[Khephren]

The Lenape native name was Delaware not Lenape.

The Delaware called themselves Lenape. The English called them Delaware.

 

[Khephren]

The Lenape native name was Delaware not Lenape.

Delaware is not a Native American name. Exploring the Atlantic coast
north of Jamestown in 1610, Captain Samuel Argall discovered a large bay
which he named in honor of Sir Thomas West, Third Lord de la Warr and the first governor of the Virginia. Apparently, Governor West was unimpressed
with this honor and returned to England without ever bothering to gaze upon his namesake. However, the name stuck. English colonists later used Delaware for the bay, the river and the native peoples who lived there. The Delaware called themselves Lenape translated either as "original people" or "true men."

http://www.tolatsga.org/dela.html

 

[unmerged(24442)]

And the US is the US not America - America is the continent.
Most Americans call their country the US or United States of America as its official name; they say America only as a shortened version cos they too lazy to say United States...
If any Americans call their country America and mean it as the official name in their "native" tongue then that is just arrogance and pomposity rather than what really is...those are prolly the same people who think the US invented everything.

Seems I left out the and smileys there... o

 

[Ayeshteni]

geez, quick responses, thanks guys!!

BJ - lot of good stuff (can I have those greek and cirillic in English o )

So far I have....(I dont know if some of the ones I found are only used in a modern context or not though)

HAB: Austria = Osterreich
WLS: Wales = Cymru
SCO: Scotland = Alba
POL: Poland = Polska
SPA: Spain = España
NIP: Nippon = Nihon
KOR: Korea = Choson
VEN: Venice = Venezia
GEN: Genoa = Genova
SWE: Sweden = Sverige
FIN: Finland = Suomi
CHE: Cherokee = Tsalagihi Ayili
OHI: Iroquois = Haudenosaunee
HUR: Huron = Wendat
SHA: Shawnee = Shawano
DEL: Lenape = Lenape
APA: Navaho = Dineh
HEL: Switzerland = Confoederatio Helvetica (Schweiz)
ALB: Albania = Shqiperia (or Shqiperise?)
BOS: Bosnia = Bosna
LAP: Argentina = Argentina
BRZ: Brazil = Brazil
BUL: Bulgaria = България (Bulgariya?)
QUE: Canada = Canada
CRO: Croatia = Hrvatska
CYP: Cyprus = Κύπρος (Kibris - greek, Chypre - French more accurate)
DAN: Denmark = Danmark
FRA: France = France
HEI: Germany = Deutschland (or Deutsches Reich or Heiliges Romanisches Reich)
GRE: Greece = Ελλάδα (Elliniki, Hellas, Ellada or Ellas)
HUN: Hungary = Magyarország
EIR: Ireland = Éire
ITA: Italy = Italia
LIT: Lithuania = Lietuva
LUX: Luxembourg = Luxembourg, Luxemburg
NOR: Norway = Norge
POR: Portugal = Portugal
SER: Serbia = Srbija (or Srbja)
HOL: The Netherlands = Nederland (or Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
TUR: Turkey = Türkiye (Ottomans = Devlet-i Ali Osman)
UKR: Ukraine = Україна (Ukrayina?)
FLA: Flandern = Vlaanderen
FRI: Friesland = Fryslan
GEL: Gelre = Gelre

others I found...
PAP: Papal States = Stato della Citta del Vaticano!!! (or Patrimonium Sancti Petri)
MOR: Morocco = Al Maghreb al-Aqsa
IRA: Iraq = Uruk!!!
PER: Persia = Iran
HAI: Haiti = Hayiti
ALG: Algeria = Al Jazair
RUS: Russia = Rossiya
PRU: Prussia = Preußen (Preussen)
GEO: Georgia = Sak'art'velo (!!)
ETH: Ethiopia = Ityop'iya
MAM: Eqypt (rather than mamlukes) = Misr al-Arabiyah
CHI: China = Zhong Guo
OMA: Oman = Sultanat Uman
CAM: Cambodia = Kampuchea
MOL: Moldovia = Moldova


BYZ: Byzantium = Basilea Rhomanoi (Basileia Rhomaion)
DAI: Dai Viet = Dai Viet
CAS: Castille = Castilla y León
ARG: Aragon = Aragón
CAT: Catalonia = Catalunya
GRA: Granada = Gharnata




Again, thanks for the input, some surprising ones there. If any-one has any more they would like to share?

yours
Ayeshteni

 

[unmerged(15947)]

Im american and I say I live in America in fact I never say to somebody..

"Hello I live in The United States Of America"

Thats kind of weird :wacko:

 

[NeilJT]

FRA: France = France (not Francais?)

Français is the language - France is the nation... 'Vive La France!' as the old expression goes.

 

[Ayeshteni]

Français is the language - France is the nation... 'Vive La France!' as the old expression goes.

oops, I think I see where I went wrong. The source had France today...Republique Francais (the French republic?). Changed, thank you.

yours
A.

 

[Raczynski]

Papal States - Patrimonium Sancti Petri
Byzantium - Basilea Rhomanoi

 

[unmerged(24442)]

Greece I believe is "Hellas" (Or Ellas or Ellada), like the province.
Ellas is probably the correct one...

 

[idomeneas]

Greece I believe is "Hellas" (Or Ellas or Ellada), like the province.

Both are correct. If it is to be written in simple Latin writing then Ellas is a little bit more archaic and Ellada more modern. Ellas is also a lot more formal.

 

[Nikolai II]

Btw, Persia in local tongue would be Iran (Land of the Aryans), or possibly

And Dai Viet is Dai Viet (or ÐẠi ViỆT)

 

[Ayeshteni]

Thanks for the updates, main post updated.

I take it that Elliniki for Greece is wrong then

yours
Ayeshteni

 

[Ayeshteni]

And isn't Korea - Chosan or something? I heard that Japan changed the transcription to a K for the '36 olympics so the Korean troop wouldn't get to enter the stadium before the Japanese.

I seem to recall some-where that Koryo was named after some dynasty that 'founded the modern state. (i will have to find out where I read this.) The Taehan-min'guk was from a a site about modern countries and that was the 'local' term for Korea overall though South Koreans refered to themselves as something else.

yours
Ayeshteni