Comment on Can't believe it's been renamed for a year now!
MoffKalast@lemmy.world 7 hours agoGiven how many places here in Europe have had several names throughout history depending on who occupied the territory at the time, the standard seems to be “me and this army”.
zikzak025@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I mean there’s a merit to translating names that still keep the original meaning, as with Mexico City/Ciudad de Mexico.
The better question is why is it not called Tenochtitlan.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Yeah, also it just fucks harder to say Tenochtitlan is the largest city in North America. Mexico City sounds so new despite it just being the continuation of the Aztec city. But it’s nobody’s business but the Mexicans