Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 days agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1237arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square228fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 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-up2·4 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.