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Names of Italian towns in English and German and Italian language - what have you actively used yet?

Names of Italian towns in English and German and Italian language - what have you actively used yet?

  • Rome

    Votes: 2 66.7%
  • Rom

    Votes: 1 33.3%
  • Roma

    Votes: 2 66.7%
  • Venice

    Votes: 2 66.7%
  • Venedig

    Votes: 1 33.3%
  • Venezia

    Votes: 3 100.0%
  • Naples

    Votes: 2 66.7%
  • Neapel

    Votes: 1 33.3%
  • Napoli

    Votes: 2 66.7%
  • other

    Votes: 1 33.3%

  • Total voters
    3

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Names of towns are not like names of persons.
The name of a certain person usually stays the same in any language - with few exceptions.
Names of towns may vary from language to language.

That said, I give 3 Italian towns as an example.
 
"Venezia" I have used, because ice cream shops are often called "Venezia" in Germany :)
 
2 x Rome, Venice, Venezia, Naples
 
3 out of 3 say: Venezia
 
And where are now those politically over-correct people who always claim things like:
"For me it is a point of honour to call every town and every country EXACTLY by the name that it is called be its own people!"

But when I asked them: "So you do not say Hungary, but Magyarorszag?" - I never got an answer! :D:cool::giggle:
 
Btw: What you know as Vienna in English, is Wien in German, Bécs in Hungarian, Vín in Icelandic - etc etc etc ....
 
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