Re: Modern Greek
From: Jean Dufresne (dufresnj_at_globetrotter.net)
Date: 08/16/04
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 05:39:32 GMT
Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
>
> what is "Yemen" (country) in Modern Greek? and how is it written?
>
> I was puzzled by its alphabetical place in the Olympics, it didn't seem to
> be grouped with other country names that I assumed would be sounded
> similarly.
There is a list of the names of countries (and their respective
currencies) in the different languages of the European Union on the UE
website. This is the page in Greek:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/translation/currencies/eltable.htm
(If I'm not too mistaken, I think the letters of the Greek name for
"Yemen" could be transliterated as "Ueménę".)
-- Jean
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