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Published: 2017-04-12 16:09:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 2483; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 13
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Just a simple Europe map (excluding Caucasian region) showing names of each country used by on the other side of their borders. Secondary languages and countries off the map are not considered. Names are not shown if are the same name as one's own (for example, Norwegian and Swedish names for Sweden are Sverige, so it's not shown). No names for insular countries because they have no international borders, strictly speaking.Related content
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Β Β Between France and the Netherlands.Β Β
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Victor, I believe it should start with the name of the country in its own language(s) so to avoid confusions... otherwise those less familiar with European geography may be puzzled
More seriously: you assumed that countries like Portugal, Switzerland or Moldavia have no distinct names for their neighbours. But for the sake of completeness of the map you should indicate them anyway
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Well, they have grey color and no name on them, so that indicate there is no strange name just on the other side of the border, don't you think?
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yes, maybe
it's a very good map anyway!
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You forgot : for France : Frankrijk (Dutch/Flemish, from the Flemish part of Belgium) and for Netherlands : Pays-Bas (French, from the Walloon part of Belgium).
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Yes, thanks. Sorry, they were mistakes. I've updated the map.
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Italian name for Austria is missing (and it is actually the same as in English)
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Oh, sorry, it's a mistake. Thanks. I've changed the image.
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No, names beyond the border areΒ the same names as grey color countries'Β own names: for example, Spanish and Portuguese names for Portugal are Portugal, so it's not shown.
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So is that so say that there are no interesting German or Finnish names for Spain and Portugal? or is this strictly for countries that border one another?
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Strictly for countries that border one another. MaybeΒ German or Finnish names for Spain and Portugal are interesting but I could not include dozens of names over each country. Because of that, only names on the other side of each land border.
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Looks that way, see the Netherlands, it only has a german name.
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