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Old 01-29-2014, 11:33 PM
 
Location: Finland
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I guess the person who named your Antarctic base was from Turku?
Nah. Turku = first officially founded city, Aboa = first officially founded Antarctic base. Logical, isn't it?
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Old 01-30-2014, 04:15 AM
 
Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Charcovia, Charkovia, Charkiv (it is transcription from Ukrainian), Charkov (transcription from Russian), Zacharpolis.
Charcovia - Vicipaedia
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Old 01-31-2014, 04:44 PM
 
Location: Flanders, Belgium
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Our shopping centre is called Mosae Forum, I think that's the Latin name for Maastricht. Maastricht was part of the Roman Empire.
The Latin name of Maastricht was "Mosa(e) Trajectum. Which means: a place where you can cross the river Meuse.
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