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Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes)

From James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
Newsgroups sci.lang, rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english
Subject Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes)
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Date 2026-05-31 18:05 +0000
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"HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> posted:

> 
>        ------ Novgorod  means [New City],  so it's just like Newton.

Several other cities have names which mean "New City":

* Carthage (Etruscan *Carθaza from the Punic qrt-ḥdšt (𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕‎)
      "new city", implying it was a "new Tyre.)
* Cartagena, Spain (orig. Carthago Nova, i.e. New Carthage, or
      lit. New New City)
* Naples (From Latin: Neapolis, from Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις,
      romanized: Neápolis, lit. 'new city'.)
* Nablus (in West Bank, formerly Flavia Neapolis)
* Chiang Mai, Thailand (เชียงใหม่)
* MANY other examples with Names beginning Nová-, Neu-, Nev-, New,
      Nov-, Nieuw-, Ny- etc.


"Chiang Mai" originally referred to just the city's inner square mile
surrounded by wall and moat.  English speakers now generally
refer to this innermost "New City" as "the Old City."
 

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(atbash) --   (Wizard  -->   draziW)   (Girt   -->   triG)   -- (Like   Palindromes) "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-05-31 00:29 +0000
  Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-05-31 11:56 +1000
    Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-05-31 05:14 +0000
      Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-31 18:05 +0000
    Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2026-05-31 13:49 +0000
      Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2026-05-31 14:57 +0000
        Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-05-31 11:53 -0700
      Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-01 10:07 +1000
  Re: (atbash) --   (Wizard  -->   draziW)   (Girt   -->   triG)   -- (Like   Palindromes) "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-05-31 19:24 +0000

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