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Sorry, Deutsch people (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

To me, "Hellenic Republic" and "Helliniki Dimokratia" sound pretty great, and don't really sound like "hell". But, I can see it for Hellas / Hellada.

On the other hand, an exonym that's a variant of one used for the country thousands of years ago is also really cool. Even though there are a lot of places that have been inhabited for thousands of years, not many of them can point to a continuity like that, going by the same name for that long.

I also agree, Turkia would have been a decent compromise name. But, I'm just going to keep using Turkey.