u/Disturbinglee

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Personal names based on Countries

Greetings,

have you ever met or heard of anyone named after a country in their name?

When I went to see some distant relatives on the island of Cyprus, I have noticed that there were some female relatives named "Kyproula"/"Κυπρούλα", meaning "Little Cyprus".

I have also found out there is a surname over there as well called "Kyprianoú (Κυπριανού)".

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u/Disturbinglee — 9 hours ago

What's it like to live in disputed territory? In this case: Northern Cyprus

Hello, I've been extremely curious what living in breakaway states is like evrr since I have visited some relatives whom moved to Cyprus (South).

I've visited the Northern part around the city of Famagusta(Ammóchwstos)/Gazimağusta once when they took me to see the place. The city was surprisingly decent, but the region surrounding the DMZ was in catastrophic ruin; loads of poverty, barely inhabitable structures and so on and so forth, mainly when I crossed into Kátw Derýneia in the north.

When I went to the capital city, you could see the flag of Northern Cyprus at daytime and it would be illuminated at nighttime. I could see it out the house of my relatives there.

u/Disturbinglee — 1 day ago

How do you arrange stuff on android?

Hello, I have been trying really hard to find a way to arrange a photo to be in the background behind text, but not be the background itself.

Is there a hierarchy for arranging stuff on this app?

P.S: I am on a phone

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u/Disturbinglee — 5 days ago