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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Czechia WAS: Name=Macedonia
From:       Miroslav =?iso-8859-2?Q?Fl=EDdr?= <flidr () kky ! zcu ! cz>
Date:       2000-07-10 7:21:34
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> Talking about this issue, who changed the correct name "Czech republic" to

That was me ;-))

> "Czechia"? "Czechia" is a nonsense - the legal and correct name of our
> country is "Czech republic". This has a simple reason: we are all Czechs,
> we speak Czech but even in our language, there is not one single word to 
> describe what youcall "Czechia". Our country is historically divided into 
> regions of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia... There is no "Czechland" :-)
> 
> Hans-Petter, please correct it...
> 
> btw, a czech equivalent to "Czechia" is sometimes used, but is not
> correct...

Well, maybe you didn't heard about it but Cesko (in english Czechia) IS
official short name for Czech Republic.

	Bye

		Miroslav Flidr

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