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--- On Sat, 3/27/10, Älvard J. te Kraamlep <kraamlep@hidden.email> wrote: >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: ? Is Jameld part of IB? Both the names "Alsace" and "Saar" seem to be current in IB, and would probably be rendered as l' Alsas and il Sarrow respectively. If they were speaking of a different reality, probably Ter y nZrourres. >And, dare I ask, what would *your* conlang homelands be called in other >languages? :-) Well, Kemr is known to be called "Wales" in English. Bloody Saxons. >James Padraic