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Post by onlyMark on Nov 12, 2023 17:15:39 GMT
Congo (democratic republic of) formerly Zaïre which means river in Swahili and before that Congo Belge. Not so sure about the Swahili thing. My parents both spoke Swahili, my mother less so than my father who was brought up with the language. With hearing them often speak it and with spending quite some time in East Africa I picked some up as well. Plus many times passing through a village/town called Mto wa Mbu on the way to the Serengeti which I always knew to be the river of mosquitos in translation, mto meaning river. I'm not definite that Zaire doesn't mean river though.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 13, 2023 5:26:08 GMT
Atlantic - big ocean separating four continents
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 14, 2023 5:05:55 GMT
Antilles -- archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 14, 2023 6:55:24 GMT
Mantes-la-Jolie - outer suburb of Paris
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Post by whatagain on Nov 14, 2023 8:39:01 GMT
Manassas. Small city in Virginia where the first battle of the civil war took place. Called battle of Bull Run on the Union side.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 14, 2023 10:13:47 GMT
Manatee - county in Florida between St. Petersburg and Sarasota
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Post by bjd on Nov 14, 2023 11:53:57 GMT
re Zaire, "It is said to be derived from Kikongo nzadi o nzere meaning "river swallowing rivers", referring to the Congo River." according to some hits on the interwebby.
Natchezcity in Mississippi, USA
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 14, 2023 11:57:44 GMT
Le Hézo - village in Brittany near Vannes
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Post by onlyMark on Nov 14, 2023 12:22:06 GMT
re Zaire, "It is said to be derived from Kikongo nzadi o nzere meaning "river swallowing rivers", referring to the Congo River." according to some hits on the interwebby. Interesting. So Nzere is a Kikongo word meaning river. Kikongo is a bantu language spoken by the Kongo people of the area of what we know as the Congo. Makes sense. And Zaire is a Portuguese adaption of nzere. Sorry, carry on. Thanks bjd.
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Post by whatagain on Nov 15, 2023 7:20:44 GMT
Did the Portuguese discover and colonise Belgian Congo ?
Marche en Famenne. Between Namur and Luxembourg. Nowadays know for its carnival and their giants.
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Post by mossie on Nov 16, 2023 15:26:25 GMT
Menton - French town on the Riviera, close to the Italian border
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 16, 2023 16:27:03 GMT
Canton - huge Chinese city near Hong Kong, now called Guangzhou
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Post by whatagain on Nov 20, 2023 9:20:08 GMT
Cannes. Not ugly but not so beautiful geriatric town on the riviera known for festivals.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 20, 2023 15:10:47 GMT
De Panne - tourist town on the Belgian coast, called La Panne in French. Only 22km from Dunkirk.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 20, 2023 16:04:12 GMT
Panama -- country on the isthmus linking Central and South America
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Post by whatagain on Nov 20, 2023 17:07:05 GMT
Amazon. A river selling everything you need.
(Panama is a crazy song from Van Helen too … ).
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Post by bjd on Nov 20, 2023 19:11:39 GMT
Samarkand Ancient Central Asian city located in Uzbekistan
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Post by whatagain on Nov 20, 2023 21:16:14 GMT
Sambreville. Belgian town that has nothing to offer.
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Post by bjd on Nov 24, 2023 18:46:19 GMT
Brégille One of the hills in the city of Besançon
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 25, 2023 3:25:56 GMT
Bremen - Hanseatic city in northern Germany
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 25, 2023 8:50:10 GMT
Menorca - one of the Balearic islands also known as Minorca.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 25, 2023 11:04:47 GMT
Norway - long Scandinavian country
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Post by whatagain on Nov 25, 2023 11:17:14 GMT
Ways. Municipality close to Waterloo. Th e name comes from Vadum, ford in english
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Post by bjd on Nov 25, 2023 18:55:53 GMT
Bays Mountain Place in Tennessee with a park and a planetarium
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 25, 2023 19:01:17 GMT
Fontainebleau -- town southeast of Paris known for the opulent Fontainebleau Palace. Built by French royalty, with parts dating back to the 1100s, the palace houses Marie Antoinette’s Turkish boudoir, the Napoleon Museum and a lavish theater. Its formal gardens feature ornamental lakes and sculptures. Surrounding the town and chateau is Fontainebleau forest, home to Le Grand Parquet, an equestrian stadium. (Copied? No, I just spouted that off from the top of my head. )
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 26, 2023 8:09:24 GMT
Caernarfon - Welsh port town
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 27, 2023 0:03:16 GMT
Ernakulam -- eastern part of the city of Kochi, Kerala, India is known as Ernakulam, the most urbanized area in the city of Kochi
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Post by mossie on Nov 27, 2023 8:09:37 GMT
Lampedusa small island adrift in the Med, between Malta and Tunisia
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 27, 2023 10:04:58 GMT
Lampeter - Welsh town in Ceredigion
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Post by whatagain on Nov 27, 2023 13:08:48 GMT
Champagne. Wine there.
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