- Latin names of islands
The Ancient Romans gave
Latin names to every geographical entity in their vast empire, and many outside throughout the then known world; while many of these names were based on pre-existing 'autochthonous' names, sometimes translating, more often just adapting to their tongue, especially the ending, other names were the result of a more invasive decision, especially in case of (re)founding for a colony of veterans.Users of
Neo-Latin have taken the Latin language to places the Romans never went; hence a need arose to make Latin names of islands that did not exist when Latin was a living language.trategies for constructing Latin names
:See companion article
List of names
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Latin names of cities the name is melita not melitta for Maltaources, references and external links
* [http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html Graesse, Orbis Latinus]
* [http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/hofmann.html Hofmann: Lexicon Universale]
* [http://www.intratext.com/IXT/LAT0212/_INDEX.HTMNotitia Dignitatum on line accessible by original structure, alphabetical word (and names!) list etcetera]
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