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from your link: "In the Western world, Persia (or one of its cognates) was historically the common name for Iran" so I will stick to saying colonial as it accu
by ptah 7y ago
from your link: "In the Western world, Persia (or one of its cognates) was historically the common name for Iran"
so I will stick to saying colonial as it accurately points to the western world as opposed to Africa or Asia for example
- vinay427 7y agoI don't disagree about the name that should be used, as I said. I just think calling it colonial needs a little more context for people who would not unreasonably assume it's something more similar to Western colonialism of India or something. On that note, "India"/Hindustan/Hindu/etc. are somewhat similarly colonial-rooted names, ironically popularized by the Iranians.
- ptah 7y ago"western colonialism" is redundant. "colonialism" will suffice :)