Nov 27, 2004 09:34
19 yrs ago
Finnish term
Väinö joki
Finnish to English
Bus/Financial
Geography
Hei, tietääko kukaan mikä on Latvian Väinö joen englannin kielinen nimi?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | River Daugova |
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Proposed translations
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Finnish term (edited):
V�in� joki
Selected
River Daugova
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Note added at 5 hrs 54 mins (2004-11-27 15:28:43 GMT)
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The LATVIAN name is DaugAva, http://www.bartleby.com/65/dv/DvinaW.html
BUT in the Britannica online it says
http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?tocId=9276727
\"The capital of Latvia, Riga stands at the southern end of the Gulf of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The city grew up on both sides of the mouth of the Western Dvina (Daugava) River.\"
So the English name is: the Western Dvina River! 963 hits on Google.
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Note added at 5 hrs 54 mins (2004-11-27 15:28:43 GMT)
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The LATVIAN name is DaugAva, http://www.bartleby.com/65/dv/DvinaW.html
BUT in the Britannica online it says
http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?tocId=9276727
\"The capital of Latvia, Riga stands at the southern end of the Gulf of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The city grew up on both sides of the mouth of the Western Dvina (Daugava) River.\"
So the English name is: the Western Dvina River! 963 hits on Google.
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Peer comment(s):
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Rogier Blokland (X)
: Daugava River
2 hrs
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| agree |
Heikki Särkkä
: There are more hits on Daugava River. There is a universal tendency to increasingly use domestic names for smaller places.
259 days
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Kiitos, Heikki!
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Comment: "Kiitos!"
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