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Perhaps these folks at the UN: https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/ https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/ who maintain a list of names for countries, with both long fo
by Polizeiposaune 2y ago
Perhaps these folks at the UN: https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/ https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/ who maintain a list of names for countries, with both long form and short form in 6 different languages.
- db48x 2y agoThe Unicode Consortium maintains a similar database, the CLDR, but it covers considerably more than just 6 languages.
- ithkuil 2y agoTürkiye did that a few years ago
- ix101 2y agoI'm curious how people pronounce this when they've never heard it. Do people assume the 'e' is silent as in "eye". For anyone curious it's basically "Turkey-yeah" & the "yeah" is short.
- carlmr 2y agoHow about Turkey-Ye with Ye as in Kanye. I think the vowel sound would be closer.
- nine_k 2y agoCôte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso instilled their current names as the only acceptable names for a long time. Pretty successfully though.
- mometsi 2y agoTerrible decision. Upper Volta was the coolest country name on Earth. Who wouldn't tremble before the Upper Voltaic Ambassador?
- hfsh 2y agoTrying to get the English name for the country to include a letter that does not exist in English is just the kind of trolling we've grown to expect.
- croisillon 2y agoSorry but where is the list? I needed one in 2021 and ended up building my own out of Wikipedia and common sense but if the UN has one I'd rather use it.
- Polizeiposaune 2y agohttps://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/country https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/country Note the "Download country names" button, and the "Display results in" language toggles.
- croisillon 2y agoah! nice, i really didn't notice it