Re: On Translating geographical names

[danilo gnome org (Danilo Åegan)]

Today at 16:07, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:

>> The pronunciation is something like this: it sounds like the name of the
>> country "Paraguay" but without the 'P', with "na" in the end, and the 'y' is
>> tonic.
>
> "tonic"?

I believe it means "voiced", "pronounced" or "loud".  I.e. you can
hear it being said.  (I don't know if it's Latin or something, but it
certainly sounds familiar to me; OTOH, I may be talking utter crap ;-)

Cheers,
Danilo