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
KallehGood question, Asa!
I did post about
Alinea , a restaurant in Chicago.
July 23, 2008, 21:46
zmježdOff the top of me head, I thought of the Gaeltacht (
link) in Ireland and the Gàidhealtachd (
link) in Scotland.
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
zmježdAlso
Sotho yields
Basotho (the people),
Sesotho (the language), and
Lesotho (the country, formerly Basutoland).