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it might be a coincidence but all names of continents start and end with the same letter, the new one doesn't quite fit with this rule either.
by MichaelMoser123 10y ago
it might be a coincidence but all names of continents start and end with the same letter, the new one doesn't quite fit with this rule either.
- dogma1138 10y agoIt's easy just drop the last letter in New Zealand
- keithnz 10y agowhich is kind of how we say it. Kiwis are "optimized" speakers, we don't like words that make our mouth do too much work, so we optimize by smoothing out big changes. In this case it's common to hear the 'd' almost completely gone. Nu Zeelun :)
- lanna 10y agoOceania?
- legulere 10y agoIn many languages Europe is Europa because they got the name through Latin. Following this we could Latinize New Zealand with an -(i)a ending.