CBBB wrote:vaughanwilliams wrote:EPSILON wrote:halil wrote:The construction of the first stage of the road to be used along the Yesilirmak crossing point, which will be the sixth gate between the North Cyprusd and South Cyprus, has begun. Talat and the Demetris Christofias were among those attending today’s ceremony.
Representatives from the European Union and the United States which are contributing to the project also attending....................
Halil,
Sorry but i am 50 years old but, forgive me, i do not know any place in Cyprus named Yesilirmak, pls recheck the possibility You to have mixed up the countries-is that place in East Turkey? or in Cyprus?
Places change their names as time goes by.
Leningrad became St. Petersburg.Saigon became Ho Chi Minh City.
Peking became Beijing.
Stalingrad became Volgograd.
Rhodesia became Zimbabwe.
Water under the bridge, old lad. Water under the bridge.
Leningrad
was St. Petersburg, so what goes around comes around!
Many countries have different names for places, each different from the original.
Italy is a classic example:
Livorno in English is Leghorn (where the F did that come from?)
Firenza is Florence (eh?)
Napoli is Naples (close)
Venezia is Venice (hmmm)
Sometimes it's historical
Malvinas is Falklands.
But hey!, what's in a name?