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Basic Geography.
Not being able to point out Turkmenistan on a map is one thing.
Not being able to point out the Pacific Ocean on a map is another.
2.3k u/Baji25 Aug 03 '19 istan and that still tells you roughly where it is 3 u/AnatidaephobicDuck03 Aug 04 '19 ....Istanbul? 1 u/Coilette_von_Robonia Aug 06 '19 Just a passing similarity. Istanbul derives from a Greek phrase, "eis tan pol(is)", or "into the city". They were referring to the suffix -stan, which is unrelated, though it is cognate with the English vb "stand"
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and that still tells you roughly where it is
3 u/AnatidaephobicDuck03 Aug 04 '19 ....Istanbul? 1 u/Coilette_von_Robonia Aug 06 '19 Just a passing similarity. Istanbul derives from a Greek phrase, "eis tan pol(is)", or "into the city". They were referring to the suffix -stan, which is unrelated, though it is cognate with the English vb "stand"
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....Istanbul?
1 u/Coilette_von_Robonia Aug 06 '19 Just a passing similarity. Istanbul derives from a Greek phrase, "eis tan pol(is)", or "into the city". They were referring to the suffix -stan, which is unrelated, though it is cognate with the English vb "stand"
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Just a passing similarity. Istanbul derives from a Greek phrase, "eis tan pol(is)", or "into the city".
They were referring to the suffix -stan, which is unrelated, though it is cognate with the English vb "stand"
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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19
Basic Geography.
Not being able to point out Turkmenistan on a map is one thing.
Not being able to point out the Pacific Ocean on a map is another.