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>tfw we name provinces, cities, and streets (and technically our country, too) after words from the languages of the people our ancestors conquered
If your country started following this rule, what would be the names of the places in your country?
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uhm
we let them keep their names, mostly
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>>70262318
>tfw it actually exists
Well... interesting.
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>>70262541
no one thinks this is funny but british people, it doesn't mean anything anywhere else
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>>70262608
just as well it's a place in the uk then
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>>70262541
>Bellend
Isn't that the new President of Austria?
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>>70262690
>Alexander Van der Bellen
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>>70262209
Many places in my city are called after indigenous names: Tijuca, Maracanã, Copacabana, Guanabara, etc. The city itself was once a State (Federal district) called Guanabara.
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>>70262209
We did so in most cases.
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>>70262209
The name Canada in my language Cree means
>it's clean
That's all this education system ever teaches, is the iroquois
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>>70264128
>tfw even within Aboriginals, some tribes get the short end of the stick
Sucks for you guys. Not to bring poltiics into this, but I wish our government did more for your people instead of ignoring you or just throwing money at your chiefs.
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>>70262209
Sitting in Verdun Herr. What Tribe was that?
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