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MapQuest Lets You Name The Gulf of Mexico Whatever You Want (www.pcmag.com)
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[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The French don’t call it France.

What does this mean?

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

France is a pretty weird example because most French people do call it France. But technically the country is République français, or the French Republic.

But a better example would be Germany; it's natively called Deutschland and dozens of languages call it Allemagne or variants of that. Both Germany and Allemagne are historical names we haven't moved on from, even though the actual country has.