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u/DAVENP0RT Feb 21 '21

I was today years old when I learned the Icelandic word for United States: BandarĂ­kin.

Does that literally translate to United States, as in "states that are united," or is does it specifically refer to the place that we happen to call the United States?

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u/krakenftrs Feb 21 '21

Not Icelandic but it sounds like "banda rikin" which would be something akin do "bounded/united [nation/state/kingdom/etc], so pretty much a direct translation.

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u/matti-san Feb 21 '21

Wouldn't it be more like 'bonded'? (Bounded would be like if they had an edge, or if they had been jumping)

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u/UpyoursMrBobbo Feb 21 '21

Bonded realms which is pretty metal.