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<p><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"></span>For
many geographical names there are articles in the Latin version of
Wikipedia. For example, for the Black Sea:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus_Euxinus">https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus_Euxinus</a></p>
<p>for Poland: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonia">https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonia</a> , for Canada:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada">https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada</a> , etc.<br>
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<p>So if one wishes to add a name in Latin, i.e. name:la in the
editor, it is possible just to look it up in the Latin version of
Wikipedia. <br>
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<p>The Latin language was widely used in the cartography and in
science in general over the past centuries. For example Isaac
Newton's book "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica", one
of the most important works in the history of science, was
published in 1687 in Latin. <br>
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<p>And it is still used in science nowadays. The legacy of the Rēs
pūblica Rōmāna & Imperium Rōmānum, including its language, is
so enormous that it can never get extinct. At the same time the
Latin does not have a standing army any more. <br>
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<p>So it is indeed kind of neutral. What is beneficial and safer for
mappers in some parts. Besides the name in Latin is often
recognizable for people who speak English, French, German, etc.
Even for people from the Cyrillic, Chinese, Korean, etc.
background it is often also understandable, since the Latin
alphabet is studied at the elementary school. <br>
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<p>Please, note that the titles of some Wikipedia articles change
from time to time. The titles of wikidata items change much less
frequently. By adding the wikidata tag we add also the Wikipedia
articles indirectly, since the links to articles in all available
language versions are present on the wikidata page. Besides, a
wikidata item is a part of the database, so it is also
machine-readable, while a Wikipedia article is just an HTML page
intended for reading by humans.<br>
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<p>Best regards,</p>
<p>Oleksiy</p>
<p><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">Suggestion
2b: use the name in a neutral language, i.e. planned or extinct:
Lingvo Internacia Esperanto (EO), Interlingua (IA), Ido (IO),
Latin (LA), I don't know Latin, so I would need help.</span></p>
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cite="mid:86ca6f71-23c2-6fbd-b238-f249ff5ff147@disroot.org">
<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"><span
class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"> Suggestion 2b:
use the name in a neutral language ... or extinct: ... Latin
(LA), I don't know Latin, so I would need help.</span></div>
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