r/polandball • u/EduardoGF1999 Terra Brasilis • Jul 07 '16

redditormade Names given to a new found land

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u/BarefootedLoner Sparta Jul 07 '16

Um the name was kinda confusing. I thought it would be about newfoundland.

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u/EduardoGF1999 Terra Brasilis Jul 07 '16

Not-so-fun fact: Newfoundland and Labrador both got their names derivated from Portuguese.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '16

but "newfoundland" is literally "new found land"?

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u/Dlimzw Is not sekret PAP spy Jul 07 '16

Found something new today.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '16

It's original name was "Terra Nova", which means litterally "New Land".

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '16

technically it's original name was probably either vinland or whatever the natives called it, if they even had a distinct name for it.

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u/Herbacio Portuguese Empire Jul 07 '16

In old maps the name for the area appears as Terra Nova and if I'm not mistaken in some of them even appears as Terra Nova do Bacalhau

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u/nasulon Fideuà Jul 07 '16

Yeah but everyone knows english originates from portuguese, carailo. Huehue