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Which region in a country shares more similarities with another country than they do with other regions in their country?
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Which region in a country shares more similarities with another country than they do with other regions in their country?

I think South Tyrol, Italy is a great example of this. It is a predominately German-speaking region in the Northern-most part of Italy and is adjacent to the Austrian region to Tyrol. The people there are culturally, ethnically, and linguistically a lot more similar to Austria, Bavaria, and the German-speaking part of Switzerland than they are to most parts of Italy and a South Tyrolean would undoubtedly feel less foreign in Salzburg than they would in Naples.

The current world number 2 tennis player, Jannik Sinner, originates from this region hence why he represents Italy but his name and mother tongue is German.

Which other instances does this occur?

u/Fluid-Decision6262 — 5 hours ago