Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square225linkfedilinkarrow-up1282arrow-down143file-text
arrow-up1239arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square225linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoNo, in Italian, the city’s name is Firenze, which is much cooler IMO than nasal EN/DE Florence. Which, TIL, is from the Latin Florenti, as in “Florentine” as the ajdectival form. What’s “Florenz”?
minus-squareNachBarcelona@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days ago What’s “Florenz”? It’s Firenze in German.
No, in Italian, the city’s name is Firenze, which is much cooler IMO than nasal EN/DE Florence. Which, TIL, is from the Latin Florenti, as in “Florentine” as the ajdectival form.
What’s “Florenz”?
It’s Firenze in German.