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Called the "Atlas of True Names," the new map traces the etymological roots of European and global place names and then translates them into English. The "City of Boatmen" is also known as Paris. Should you travel to the Land of the Fire Keepers, you'd find yourself in Azerbaijan. And Italy comes from the Latin word vitulus, which means "calf."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...591702,00.html

 

 

 

 

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fo...cke-37310.html


Ok, maybe I'm the only one interested in that kind of things...