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July 23, 2008, 19:14
<Asa Lovejoy>
Language names for places
Other than the French department of Languedoc, are there any other political or geographic locations that are named for a language?
July 23, 2008, 20:26
Kalleh
Good question, Asa!

I did post about Alinea , a restaurant in Chicago.
July 23, 2008, 21:46
zmježd
Off the top of me head, I thought of the Gaeltacht (link) in Ireland and the Gàidhealtachd (link) in Scotland.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
July 24, 2008, 13:30
shufitz
Swaziland? Hard to tell whether it's named after the language, or the ethnic group.

I imagine there are other similar cases in Africa.
July 24, 2008, 19:57
zmježd
Also Sotho yields Basotho (the people), Sesotho (the language), and Lesotho (the country, formerly Basutoland).


Ceci n'est pas un seing.