Some of the Rjurik province names are taken directly from some atlas and
put in (with no thought of what those names really mean). Others are just
combinations of words put together. Some of these are quite funny
Here is a translation:
-Veikanger (capital of Hogunmark); City of the Weak
-Udvika (province in Sjordvik); a vik is a smaller fjord. This is a
mountain province far in the mainland of the continent.
-Bjornoya (province in the Realm of the White Witch); Isle of the Bear.
This province is not an isle. Itâs a forest province far away from the coast.
-Nordcapp (province in the Realm of the White Witch); Nordkapp is in fact
the most northern point of Norway.
-Soroya (province in the Realm of the White Witch); the Southern Isle,
this is not an isle, but at least itâs a coastal province.
-Inherad & Mandal (provinces in the Realm of the White Witch); Innherred
and Mandal are counties in the vicinity of where I live. So this is a
little entertaining.
Most of the other province names are either just made up to sound
Scandinavian or there is some Swedish or Danish (or maybe even Icelandic)
that I donât get.
Have fun.
> Some of the Rjurik province names are taken directly from some atlas
> and
> put in (with no thought of what those names really mean). Others are
> just
> combinations of words put together. Some of these are quite funny
> Here is a translation:
> -Veikanger (capital of Hogunmark); City of the Weak
> -Udvika (province in Sjordvik); a vik is a smaller fjord. This is a
> mountain province far in the mainland of the continent.
> -Bjornoya (province in the Realm of the White Witch); Isle of the
> Bear.
> This province is not an isle. Itâs a forest province far away from the
> coast.
> -Nordcapp (province in the Realm of the White Witch); Nordkapp is in
> fact
> the most northern point of Norway.
> -Soroya (province in the Realm of the White Witch); the Southern
> Isle,
> this is not an isle, but at least itâs a coastal province.
> -Inherad & Mandal (provinces in the Realm of the White Witch);
> Innherred
> and Mandal are counties in the vicinity of where I live. So this is a
> little entertaining.
>
> Most of the other province names are either just made up to sound
> Scandinavian or there is some Swedish or Danish (or maybe even
> Icelandic)
> that I donât get.
> Have fun.
>
> Oyvind Gronnesby
>
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> I was just about to send a similar message to the listâŚ
I especially like Trondelaag (Trøndelag, a area in Norway)
-> Some of the Rjurik province names are taken directly from some atlas and
-> put in (with no thought of what those names really mean). Others are just
-> combinations of words put together. Some of these are quite funny
-> Here is a translation:
-> -Veikanger (capital of Hogunmark); City of the Weak.
Donât forget Svinoy Island⌠itâs a bit stupid to have the Island word
twice even if itâs in different languages.
-> Most of the other province names are either just made up to sound
-> Scandinavian or there is some Swedish or Danish (or maybe even Icelandic)
-> that I donât get.
I suppose you are refering to the Finnic names like Jurva and Oulu.
Jokkajoen - The River of Jokkaâs ⌠(A Sami word or name for which I donât
know a translation).
Lemnjohen - I guess this is made up name, but âjohenâ is the Carelian word
for river.
There are some swedish towns names like Pitea, Boden and Torne.
For those who donât know, the Finnic (Finnish/Carelian/Sami/EsthonianâŚ)
arenât related to the North Germanic languages
(Norwegian/Danish/Swedish/IcelandicâŚ). I guess this is ânewsâ for the
Birthright development group.
>-> Some of the Rjurik province names are taken directly from some atlas and
>-> put in (with no thought of what those names really mean). Others are just
>-> combinations of words put together. Some of these are quite funny
>-> Here is a translation:
>-> -Veikanger (capital of Hogunmark); City of the Weak.
>
>Donât forget Svinoy Island⌠itâs a bit stupid to have the Island word
>twice even if itâs in different languages.
>
>-> Most of the other province names are either just made up to sound
>-> Scandinavian or there is some Swedish or Danish (or maybe even Icelandic)
>-> that I donât get.
>I suppose you are refering to the Finnic names like Jurva and Oulu.
> Jokkajoen - The River of Jokkaâs ⌠(A Sami word or name for which I donât
>know a translation).
> Lemnjohen - I guess this is made up name, but âjohenâ is the Carelian word
>for river.
>
>There are some swedish towns names like Pitea, Boden and Torne.
>
>For those who donât know, the Finnic (Finnish/Carelian/Sami/EsthonianâŚ)
>arenât related to the North Germanic languages
>(Norwegian/Danish/Swedish/IcelandicâŚ). I guess this is ânewsâ for the
>Birthright development group.
Here are a few norwegian:
Nordcapp (Nordkapp in norwegian)
Leivika
Bjarnheim
Trondelag
I havenât tried to run them all down, but prolly most of the names of human
rjurik provinces are from scandinavia and northern lands.
>Donât forget Svinoy Island⌠itâs a bit stupid to have the Island word
>twice even if itâs in different languages.
>
Svinoy also means âof the pigâ in Russian⌠And I can comment on some of the Vos names
At 21:22 19.08.98 +0200, you wrote:
>Oyvind Gronnesby wrote:
>
>> Some of the Rjurik province names are taken directly from some atlas
>> and
>> put in (with no thought of what those names really mean). Others are
>> just
>> combinations of words put together. Some of these are quite funny
>> Most of the other province names are either just made up to sound
>> Scandinavian or there is some Swedish or Danish (or maybe even
>> Icelandic)
>> that I donât get.
>> Have fun.
>>
>> Oyvind Gronnesby
>>
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>> âunsubscribe birthrightâ as the body of the message.
>
> I was just about to send a similar message to the listâŚ
>I especially like Trondelaag (Trøndelag, a area in Norway)
>
>
>Sindre
I kind of like live in Trondheim (the âcapitolâ of Trøndelag).
Okay, but I live in Germany, where we have a nice city called
Garmisch-Partenkirchen near the Alpes. And look to the (i think so)
Magebook. There is a NPC called Garmish of Partenkirchen
Tommy.
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Von: Oyvind Gronnesby
An: birthright@MPGN.COM
Datum: Mittwoch, 19. August 1998 18:33
Betreff: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Rjurik Province Names
>Some of the Rjurik province names are taken directly from some atlas and
>put in (with no thought of what those names really mean). Others are just
>combinations of words put together. Some of these are quite funny
>Here is a translation:
> -Veikanger (capital of Hogunmark); City of the Weak
> -Udvika (province in Sjordvik); a vik is a smaller fjord. This is a
>mountain province far in the mainland of the continent.
> -Bjornoya (province in the Realm of the White Witch); Isle of the Bear.
>This province is not an isle. Itâs a forest province far away from the
coast.
> -Nordcapp (province in the Realm of the White Witch); Nordkapp is in fact
>the most northern point of Norway.
> -Soroya (province in the Realm of the White Witch); the Southern Isle,
>this is not an isle, but at least itâs a coastal province.
> -Inherad & Mandal (provinces in the Realm of the White Witch); Innherred
>and Mandal are counties in the vicinity of where I live. So this is a
>little entertaining.
>
>Most of the other province names are either just made up to sound
>Scandinavian or there is some Swedish or Danish (or maybe even Icelandic)
>that I donât get.
>Have fun.
>
>
>Oyvind Gronnesby
>
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>
> From: Aleksei Andrievski
> >Donât forget Svinoy Island⌠itâs a bit stupid to have the Island word
> >twice even if itâs in different languages.
> >
> Svinoy also means âof the pigâ in Russian⌠And I can comment on some of
the Vos names
