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[–] Forester@pawb.social 98 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Never heard of Transylvania before?

[–] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago (5 children)

fun fact Transylvania literally means "the place on the other side of the forest" in Latin

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Another fun fact, Pennsylvania means "the other end of the pencil".

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hmmm...

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Nope.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The business end or the oopsie poopsie side of it?

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Dealer's choice.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 15 points 2 days ago

Which is weird, because when you go there, you'll find that you're standing on this side of the forest...

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Ah, Sidney must mean the place on the other side of the bush then

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sechs! Wait, are we haggling right now?

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of the region there was settled by Saxons in the middle ages but I've no idea why they called it Siebenbürgen

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably because it was between seven mountains? (Sieben Berge/bergen?)

Or it's from guarantor (Bürge)? Ginge me a sec, I'm intrigued now.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unclear. Burgen, Berge, Bürgen, Stühle (?), lots of possibilities.

(Wikipedia)

Die Herkunft des deutschen Namens Siebenbürgen ist nicht abschließend geklärt. Vermutungen gehen dahin, ihn auf sieben von Siebenbürger Sachsen gegründete Städte zurückzuführen: Hermannstadt, Kronstadt, Bistritz, Schäßburg, Mühlbach, Broos und Klausenburg (in dieser Reihe wird fälschlicherweise oft Mediaș genannt, das aber erst 1534 vom Markt zur Stadt erhoben wurde). Auch die Sieben Stühle, Einheiten der eigenen Gerichtsbarkeit – jeder Stuhl besaß einen Königsrichter, der alleine dem ungarischen König unterstellt war –, sind möglicherweise Teil der Namensgebung. Daneben stehen ältere Herleitungen vom Fluss Zibin (rumänisch Cibin, ungarisch Szeben), nach dem wiederum Hermannstadt (rumänisch Sibiu, lateinisch Cibinium) benannt worden sei, das als traditionelle Hauptstadt seinen Namen dann der Region als ganzes gegeben habe.[6] Walter Schuller dachte mit Verweis auf eine Reihe von Parallelen im deutschen Sprachraum an eine wörtliche Deutung als (bei den) sieben Bürgen, als die „toponymische (Über-) Betonung eines für ihr [d. h. das siebenbürgisch-sächsische] Exemtionsgebiet essentiellen Rechtsverhältnisses“. Die Umdeutung auf sieben Burgen oder auch sieben Berge sei dann schon früh wegen der Lautähnlichkeit der Wörter erfolgt.[7]

Der Name ist zunächst in deutschen Quellen aus dem 13. Jahrhundert als Septum urbium, Terra septem castrorum und ähnlichen Varianten verzeichnet.[8] In deutscher Niederschrift hieß es Ende des 13. Jahrhunderts erstmals Siebenbuergen und bezeichnete damals nur den Bereich der Sieben Stühle als administrative Einheiten oder Gebietskörperschaften der Hermannstädter Provinz. Erst später hat sich der Begriff räumlich erweitert, umfasste schließlich denselben Raum wie Erdély und Ardeal und ersetzte dadurch die frühere Lehnübersetzung von Ultrasilvania Überwald (13. und 14. Jahrhundert).

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you for the research. I've been there once, mostly around Kronstadt / Brasov and it's really beautiful and a lot of historical buildings still exist

That wasn't research. I was interested and opened Wikipedia. The family of a friend comes from somewhere in that region and he showed me pictures. Those were pretty breathtaking.

[–] Kurtagag@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago
[–] fayoh@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Transsexual Transylvania maybe? Dr Frank-N-Further is kind of cute.

[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know this face, but it's been a while. Time feels warped. Like... I can almost remember the name, but then my brain takes a jump to the left.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"That guy, who's in all the stuff"

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In all the stuff, like a Curry? I could go for a Curry right now.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Note: a few of the more authoritarian ones moved to the breakaway state of Transnistria.

Not a country, thats a region and im pretty sure its not even controlled by a single country

[–] Una@europe.pub 75 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Maroon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

This is the only correct answer here.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

TRANSNSISTRIA BROTHER AROOOO

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 12 points 2 days ago

It's the flag of Urgay.

[–] texture@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

this is extremely my kind of shitpost. bravo.

[–] dmention7@midwest.social 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

WELCOME TO THE PACK BROTHA! AWOOO!

[–] texture@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago
[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

HELL YEAH BROTHER I'LL CRANK TO THAT BUT WHY ARE YOU WHISPERING?

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Because we aren't on the community page. I don't want to scare the others.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

Not gonna ask again

Proceeds to ask…

#winning

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Furrowed brow blue flaming Terminator skull with fangs covered with cracks

The furrowed brow on the actual skulls always kills me. Like how do you take it seriously that person would look so stupid

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

CAN I GET A HELL YA BROTHA!

And goblin boys

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

Oh, that's Poland.