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Respekti fulz (respected folk): I have been pondering what the semi-fictional homeland of my entirely fictional Germanic conlang Jameld would be called in other languages. The native name is Zuraalant, derived from the name of the river that flows through it: Zur-aa (known *here* as La Sauer in France, and as the Saarbach in Germany). The homeland itself is a small area in northern Alsace. For a number of years I have been referring to the region as Zuraaland (formerly Zuraland) in English. The question now is what it would be called in French, Italian, and other Romance languages and, indeed, conlangs. (And also in other non-Romance languages -- please forgive me if I cross-post to germaniconlang...) French: Sauerlande? Sauère? Sauerie? Italian/Spanish: Zuralandia? Kerno: ? Rhodrese: ? Carrajena: ? ... and many other wonderful tongues... And, dare I ask, what would *your* conlang homelands be called in other languages? :-) James -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Älvard J. te Kraamlep Vorquichtat, Binertglobakläi Jameld Zolidaton kraamlep@hidden.email BJZ Wabplaz: http://www.zolid.com/zm -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --