European Gamer Poll

[Melan]

Hungarian names:
Greenland - Grönland
Iceland - Izland
Norway - Norvégia
Sweden - Svédország
Finland - Finnország
Denmark - Dánia
Eire (Ireland) - Írország
The United Kingdom (England) - Anglia
The United Kingdom (Wales) - Wales
The United Kingdom (Scotland) - Skócia
The United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) - Észak-Írország
France - Franciaország
Spain - Spanyolország
Portugal - Portugália
Andorra - Andorra
Belgium - Belgium
The Netherlands (Holland) - Hollandia
Luxumberg - Luxemburg
Germany - Németország
Switzerland - Svájc
Lichtenstein - Lichtenstein
Italy - Olaszország [Was: Taljánország, but that's archaic]
San Marcos - San Marino
Austria - Ausztria
Poland - Lengyelország
The Czech Republic - Csehország
Slovakia - Szlovákia
Hungary - Magyarország
Romania - Románia
Bulgaria - Bulgária
Slovenia - Szlovénia
Croatia - Horvátország
Bosnia/Herzegovina - Bosznia/Hercegovina
Serbia - Szerbia
Macedonia - Makedónia
Montenegro - Montenegro
Albania - Albánia
Greece - Görögország
Turkey - Törökország
Estonia - Észtország
Latvia - Lettország
Lithuania - Litvánia
Belarus - Belarusz OR Belorusszia OR Fehéroroszország
Ukraine - Ukrajna
Moldova - Moldova
Russia - Oroszország
Armenia - Örményország
Azerbaijian - Azerbajdzsán
Cyprus - Ciprus
Malta - Málta

 

[Al]

And the English surge into the lead over the Dutch

 

[tarchon]

All the langauges in Europe is a tall order,
http://www.ethnologue.com/country_index.asp?place=Europe.

San Marino is called San Marino in English too, not San Marcos.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

My apologies to the people of San Marino. (I named it San Marcos.)
Also, my apologies to the people of Luxembourg (I spelled it Luxumberg.)

- - -

I meant this as a European poll.
I intend to conduct a poll for the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Asia, Africa, and Central and South America.
I just could not do it all in one poll (I would have had to have listed over 200 countries.)

To all those in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Oceania, etc., I am not trying to exclude you.
Please feel free to post to this thread!

My thanks to Tonguez from Polynesia. Thanks for the names.

And thanks for the most recent list of names, from Hungary and Russia.
Can anyone give the names in Gaelic?

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

I have heard both spoken and sung German and French.
They are both beautiful languages.

(sings in German from Hansel und Gretel)

Abends will ich schlafen gehn
Vierzehn Angelein um mich stein
Zwei zu meinen Haupten
Zwei zu meinen Fussen
Zwei zu meiner Rechten
Zwei zu meiner Linken
Zweie die mich Decken
Zweie die mich Wessen
Zweie die mich Weissen
Zu Himmels Paradeisen

(sings in French from Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

Elle a fui, la tourterelle
Ah! souvenir trop doux
Image trop cruelle
Hélas! à mes genoux, je l'entends, je le vois
Hélas! à mes genoux, je l'entends
je l'entends, je le vois

Elle a fui, la tourterelle
Elle a fui loin de toi
Mais elle est toujours fidèle
Et te garde sa foi
Mon bien aimé, ma voix t'appelle,
Oui, tout mon coeur est à toi
Tout mon coeur est à toi!
Tout mon coeur est à toi
Elle a fui, la tourterelle,
Elle a fui, elle a fui loin de toi

Chère fleur qui vient d'éclore
Par pitié réponds-moi
Toi qui sais s'il m'aime encore
S'il me garde sa foi
Mon bien aimé, ma voix t'implore
Ah! que ton coeur vienne à moi!
Que ton coeur vienne à moi!
Que ton coeur vienne à moi
Elle a fui, la tourterelle
Elle a fui, elle a fui loin de toi

 

[tarchon]

There are three distinct languages that are sometimes called "Gaelic," Irish (on life support), Scottish Gaelic (practically dead), and Manx (dead).

England - Sasana (Ir.), Sasainn (Sc.) ("Saxony", not to be confused with Saxony in Germany)
Ireland - Éire (O. Ir./Ir.) or Éirinn (Sc.)
Scotland - Alba (Sc.) or Albain (Ir.)
Wales - An Bhreatain Bheag (Ir., lit. "the little Britain"/"Brittany", not to be confused with Brittany in France), or some variant of Cymru, the Welsh name.
Sweden - An tSualainn (Ir.)
Switzerland - An Elvéis (Ir., Helvetia)

The rest aren't particularly interesting, mostly adaptations of the English names, and can be looked up in any Gaelic dictionary like
http://www.crannog.ie/focloir.htm , Scottish Parliamentary Dictionary, or http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/pa44/faclair/dict.shtml.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Bump

 

[NiTessine]

And the finnish names:

Denmark (The Faeroe Islands) - Fär Saaret
Macedonia - Macedonia
Azerbaijian - Azerbaidjan

Have fun trying to pronounce those!

In the interests of our foreign friends who cannot understand Finnish typonese (or properly spelled Finnish, for that matter...), these are actually Färsaaret, Makedonia (Technically, there is no letter C in the Finnish language, and it is used in only a few instances, all of which are quite new loanwords. The only exception is Chile, because of the Ch, which is not found in Finnish.), and Azerbaidzan (There should be a squiggle like this ^, upside down over the Z, but I can't find a way to put one there.).

And why, I can pronounce the Finnish names perfectly...

 

[Eristophenes]

And now Ladies & Gentelmen, polish names:

Greenland - Grenlandia
Iceland - Islandia
Norway - Norwegia
Sweden - Szwecja
Finland - Finlandia
Denmark - Dania
Denmark (The Faeroe Islands) - Dania (no idea)
Eire (Ireland) - Irlandia
The United Kingdom (England) - Wielka Brytania (Anglia)
The United Kingdom (Wales) - Walia
The United Kingdom (Scotland) - Szkocja
The United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) - Irlandia Pó³nocna
France - Francja
Spain - Hiszpania
Portugal - Portugalia
Andorra - Andora
Belgium - Belgia
The Netherlands (Holland) - Holandia
Luxumberg - Luksemburg
Germany - Tyskland
Switzerland - Szwajcaria
Lichtenstein - Lichtensztajn
Italy - W³ochy
San Marcos - San Marino
Austria - Austria
Poland - Polska
The Czech Republic - Czechy
Slovakia - S³owacja
Hungary - Wêgry
Romania - Rumunia
Bulgaria - Bu³garia
Slovenia - S³owenia
Croatia - Chorwacja
Bosnia/Herzegovina - Boœnia
Serbia - Serbia
Macedonia - Macedonia
Montenegro - eeee?
Albania - Albania
Greece - Grecja
Turkey - Turcja
Estonia - Estonia
Latvia - £otwa
Lithuania - Litwa
Belarus - Bia³oruœ ("White Russia")
Ukraine - Ukraina
Moldova - Mo³dawia
Russia - Rosja
Georgia - Gruzja (In Asia. )
Armenia - Armenia (In Asia)
Azerbaijian - Azerbejd¿an (In Asia)
France (Corsica) - Korsyka
Italy (Sardinia) - Sardynia
Italy (Sicily) - Sycylia
The United Kingdom (Gibrator) - Gibraltar
France (Monaco) - Monaco
Greece (Crete) - Kreta
Cyprus - Cypr
Malta - Malta
Portugal (The Azore Islands) - Wyspy Azorskie (Azory)

Strange marks means that there are letters that aren't supported on this forum

 

[Madfox]

The Dutch once again come a bit closer to the English, it seems to become a photo finish

Anyway, the Dutch "Nederland" would translate in "Low Country" so the French Pay Bas is not so bad. Now for all you people who call the Netherlands "Holland", you are being a bit old fashioned. The last time the Netherlands WAS Holland with some poor backcountry in the form of a few other provinces was somewhere in the 16th century Most Dutch people though are pragmatic about it, it is those Friesians (another province in the Netherlands) and Limburgers who nag about it. [sarcastic]Like they really care about it [/sarcastic]

It was quite funny to hear on the BBC a radio show about the Treaty of Maastricht telling that the Limburgers would prefer to leave the Netherlands. My family comes from Limburg and I know quite a few people from that area, but that was the first time I heard that