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Some countries whose endonyms are not like their English exonyms (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 7 months ago by lars@lemmy.sdf.org to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago

Was there someplace called Silla or similar?

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[-] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes, Silla was a kingdom, and then it became the main ruling kingdom for a while, and then it fragmented again, but one of the fragments was still called Silla... :)

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