In General
Foreign place names containing a direction such as South or Upper are often translated, e.g.:
- North Carolina Pohjois-Carolina
- South Carolina Etelä-Carolina
- West Virginia Länsi-Virginia
- East Timor Itä-Timor
- Upper Volta Ylä-Volta
Read more about this topic: Finnish Exonyms
Famous quotes containing the word general:
“The general will is always right.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
“Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.”
—Sun Tzu (6th–5th century B.C.)