Place names

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Since someone has to put the bell around the cat's neck, here are some
proposed lojbanisations for place names. Note that country names appear
with a final consonant (cmene) and a final vowel form (le'avla)

Oceans: badyxamsi

patsifik - patsifiko
atlantik - atlantiko
xindo
dzipo
arktik - arktiko

Countries with capitals
ckiper - ckiperia *or* albania - albanias: la tiranas
italian - italia: la romas, la napolis, la milanos
xelvetik - xelvetia: la bern, la jenev
nederland - nederlande: la amsterdam, la roterdam, la sgravenhag
beljik - belji (what's the Flemish form again?) *or*
belgik - belgia: la brusel
sverig  -sverige: la stokxolm
norges - norge: la oslos
suomis- suomi: la xelsinkis
turki,es - turki,e: la Ankaras, la .Istanbul
magiar - magiara: la budapect
esteraix - esteraixe *or* austrias - austria: la vin (la viennas)
niuziland - niuzilande: la okland, la uelinton
zimbabues - zimbabue: la xarares
danmark - danmarka: la KEbenxav,n
singapur - singapura
xonkon - xonkono?
nijer - nijere:
nigerias - nigeria: la lagos
(I really wouldn't favour naidjirias)

Take it from here, folks.

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