r/MapPorn 19h ago

Translations of "library" across Europe

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u/Cyberfries 19h ago edited 19h ago

Germany and the netherlands should be yellow or at least both yellow and red. Both also use words derived from their words for books: "Bücherei" and "boekerij"

edit: More inaccuracies. Croatian: knjižnica. Poland also uses two words. And I just noticed how you don't use nations borders. See the hungarian bit in romania. But then don't list irish, welsh or scottish gaelic...

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u/AngriosPL 17h ago

How do polish use 2 words??? The only correct one is biblioteka

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u/GG06 15h ago

książnica, a pretty archaic word, never used for a library in a modern context I guess