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Constantinople sounds way cooler tbh (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

🫸 Beijing
👉 Peking

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Kinda bad comparison.

    Beijing was always* beijing. Peking was just a european fever dream.

    On the other hand

    Constantinople was the offical name and got later renamed Istanbul.

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