ME AVN FAN From Switzerland, joined May 2002, 13872 posts, RR: 28 Reply 14, posted (6 years 6 months 1 week 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1684 times:
Quoting Kiwiandrew (Reply 3): The trouble with Britain/UK is you always have to be quite specific which of the two you mean - they are not the same thing
[quote=Cedars747,reply=9]Al wilayat
but I would be more favourable to the "United Provinces ... " and would recommend "al-Dawlatun al Muttahida .... "
Quoting Jush (Reply 11): an old european you should know that Gro� is still written with � even with the new grammar...
but NOT so in Switzerland where the double-s was cancelled in the first decade of the 20th century, and so it is Grossbritannien, Strasse, Masse, Klasse, Hass, krass etc
Oldeuropean From Germany, joined May 2005, 1900 posts, RR: 4 Reply 18, posted (6 years 6 months 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1630 times:
Quoting Jush (Reply 11): As an old european you should know that Groß is still written with ß even with the new grammar...
Jush (you young nitpicker ), as a German, I know that Groß is written with "ß". But I have had several times, problems to use ä, ö, ü and ß here on a.net. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. So I used "ss".
Please look on the quote of your reply on the reply #14 of ME AVN FAN. Do you see what I mean?
ME AVN FAN From Switzerland, joined May 2002, 13872 posts, RR: 28 Reply 20, posted (6 years 6 months 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1599 times:
Quoting Cedars747 (Reply 20): Al-Dawlah in Arabic is Republic in English
the official name of Kuwait is "Dawlat al-Kuwait" and the official name of Qatar is "Dawlat Qatar", while Joumhouriya is the Republic. Wilayat originates from the Ottoman Empire and is a province, as Algeria for instance has 48 Wilayatan, and while the term in Algeria is Arabic and refers to the Ottoman "Wilajets" the Algerian Wilayatan are clearly sisters of the French Departements.
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And it is obvious that the "States" of the USA in a way ARE "Republics" and NOT Wilayatan.
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ME AVN FAN From Switzerland, joined May 2002, 13872 posts, RR: 28 Reply 22, posted (6 years 6 months 1 week 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1571 times:
Quoting QR332 (Reply 22): Al Wilayat Al Amreekiyah Al Motahidah/Amreeka - United States of America
accepted, BUT I discussed the use of Wilayat already in the 80ies with 2 Palestinian language teachers who insisted on the Wilayat-term and told them that the use of that word in a way is deregatory. Similar in a way to Algeria, which properly is al-Djaza'eriya but they insisted "to us it simply is el-Djaza'er for the whole country, not only the city " .
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and, as you are in Qatar, WHY does Qatar have the word Dawlat in its official name instead of Imarat ?
Cedars747 From Norway, joined Dec 2005, 2686 posts, RR: 23 Reply 24, posted (6 years 6 months 1 week 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1560 times:
Quoting ME AVN FAN (Reply 21): And it is obvious that the "States" of the USA in a way ARE "Republics" and NOT Wilayatan
Anyways,USA in Arabic is Al wilayat Al-mutahidah Al Ameriqiyah
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25 QR332: The term is in no way derogatory, it is simply the equivalent of state - the term does originate from the Ottoman times but is used extensively; as t
26 SlamClick: In Spanish I usually see it written: los EEUU or los Estados Unidos. Confuses a lot of non-Spanish speakers who don't know about plural abbreviations
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), as a German, I know that Groß is written with "ß". But I have had several times, problems to use ä, ö, ü and ß here on a.net. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. So I used "ss". 
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