Show Contentlauha@lemmy.world23·1 month agoIstanbul is literally “to the city” or in a way just “the city”
Show Contenttigeruppercut@lemmy.zip25·1 month agoBeijing is “northern capital”, Tokyo is “eastern capital”, and Kyoto is “capital capital”.
Show ContentHadriscus@jlai.lu28·1 month ago“capital_capital_final_thistime.jpg” (Karl Marx’s revision history)
Show ContentAgent641@lemmy.world10·1 month agoThe Nullarbor plain sounds like an Aboriginal word, but it’s just Latin and means “No trees” because there are no trees on it.
Show Contenttmyakal@infosec.pub6·1 month agoSchenectady is “the place beyond the pines” because there was a big old pine barren between it and the next settlement over.
Istanbul is literally “to the city” or in a way just “the city”
Beijing is “northern capital”, Tokyo is “eastern capital”, and Kyoto is “capital capital”.
“capital_capital_final_thistime.jpg”
(Karl Marx’s revision history)
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.
The Nullarbor plain sounds like an Aboriginal word, but it’s just Latin and means “No trees” because there are no trees on it.
Schenectady is “the place beyond the pines” because there was a big old pine barren between it and the next settlement over.