pinchcramp@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow do names of countries get translated? What is the reason why Nippon/Nihon is called Japan or Ellada is called Greece in English?message-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareHow do names of countries get translated? What is the reason why Nippon/Nihon is called Japan or Ellada is called Greece in English?pinchcramp@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-square6mementomori@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agowe call it Japan from the name Marco Polo gave it, Cipango, which should come from the name of some random island he ended up in. we call it Greece because the Romans called it Graecia, for reasons I can’t figure out
we call it Japan from the name Marco Polo gave it, Cipango, which should come from the name of some random island he ended up in. we call it Greece because the Romans called it Graecia, for reasons I can’t figure out