Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square222fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1236arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square222fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoIt is interesting, because Nippon is a somewhat archaic version in Japanese. They usually say Nihon now. But of course, these exonyms will have been borrowed into these various languages a long time ago, so it kind of makes sense.
It is interesting, because Nippon is a somewhat archaic version in Japanese. They usually say Nihon now.
But of course, these exonyms will have been borrowed into these various languages a long time ago, so it kind of makes sense.