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They often vary

One example:

Nebukadnezar or Nabucco or Nabuchodonosor.

What do you prefer?

And do you know other examples where the names vary?
 
Josie said:
I've never seen any of those spellings. It's Nebuchadnezzar.

Nebuchadnezzar II - Ancient History Encyclopedia
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No unusual when translating names or words from one language to another but the problem worsens when the alphabet is completely different such as Hebrew, Cyrillic or Kanji.

Example; is it Kaddaffi, Gaddafi or Qaddafi? Quran, Qur'an or Koran? I've seen all versions over the decades.
 
Josie said:
Well, that's weird. Never seen that before.
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Neither did I. However, it's not surprising, since it's a transliteration anyway. The name as originally written isn't even in the same alphabet.
 


Let me quote:



More about it: CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nabuchodonosor
 
Nebukadnezar and Nabuchodonosor may seem quite different.
But if you look at the consonants only, they are not so far appart:


N - b - k/ch - d - n - z/s - r
 
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