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Thread #47235   Message #704425
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
04-May-02 - 06:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: countries that named themselves
Subject: RE: BS: countries that named themselves
Ireland is properly called that in the English tongue, with Eire only when talking Irish.

Like Cymru and Wales. Or Alba and Scotland. Or Breize and Bretagne (Brittany).

In French the United States becomes Etats-Unis - so in French do they refer to the EUA instead of the USA? And do Spanish speakers use the same abbreviation?