E18: Editorial issues
 
 

Exercise 1: Some editorial issues to solve - ANSWERS

 



Issue 1: Questions concerning "Languages"

A)  

Bozen (German)/Bolzano (Italian)

B)  

Baile Átha Cliath (Irish)/Dublin (English)

C)  

Lasà (Hanyu pinyin) or Lhasa (Tibetan pinyin) and Wulumùqí (Hanyu pinyin) or Ürümqi(Uyghur).







Issue 2: Exercise concerning "Compound names"

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Issue 3: Exercise concerning "Obsolete names"

Use Wikipedia, destalinization, list of places named after Joseph Stalin):
  • Imeni Stalina, - Sovkhoz Nomer Shest, Armenia
  • Orasul Stalin, 1950-1960 - Brasov, Romania
  • Qyteti Stalin, 1950-1990 - Kuçovë, Albania
  • Stalin, 1949-1956 - Varna, Bulgaria
  • Stalinabad, 1929-1961 - Dushanbe, Tajikistan
  • Stalingrad, 1925-1961 - Volgograd, Russia
  • Staliniri, 1934-1961 - Tskhinvali, Georgia
  • Stalinisi, 1931-1934 - Khashuri, Shida Kartli
  • Stalino, 1924-1961 - Donetsk, Ukraine
  • Stalino, - Çayli, Tartar, Azerbaijan
  • Stalino, - Stalino, Azerbaijan
  • Stalinogorsk, 1934-1961 - Novomoskovsk, Russia
  • Stalinogród, 1953-1956 - Katowice, Poland
  • Stalinsk, 1932-1961 - Novokuznetsk, Russia
  • Stalinstadt, 1953-1961 - Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany
  • Sztálinváros, 1951-1961 - Dunaújváros, Hungary
  • Pik Stalina (Stalin Peak), 1932-1962 - Ismail Samani Peak, Tajikista

 

 

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