Verse:Poccasin Federation/Saint Columban - Revision history

Jukethatbox: Jukethatbox moved page Saint Columban to Verse:Poccasin Federation/Saint Columban

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Jukethatbox moved page Saint Columban to Verse:Poccasin Federation/Saint Columban

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	'''Saint Columban''',{{efn\|name=island\|[[Columbé]]: ''Kulumban'' [[IPA for Bemé\|[kʌlʌmban]]]; [[Bemé]]: ''Senkolumbang''; [[Ketaserang]]: ''~~Nqenkeeci~~'' or ''~~Nqenkeeti~~''; [[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]]: ''São Columbano''}} or simply '''Columban''' and rarely in full as '''Saint George, Saint Paul, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Columban of Luxeuil''',{{efn\|name=fullisland\|[[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]]: ''São Jorge, São Paulo, São Francisco de Assis e São Columbano de Luxeuil''}} is an island in the Malorabin Islands, an archipelago within the Poccasin Archipelago. It is governed as a [[w:British Overseas Territories\|British overseas territory]] with [[w:English language\|English]] as its official language. However, only around 300 people are estimated to speak English exclusively on the island; the vast majority (98.8%) of the island instead speak [[Columbé]], a dialect of [[Bemé]], the official language of the neighbouring [[Poccasin Federation]].		'''Saint Columban''',{{efn\|name=island\|[[Columbé]]: ''Kulumban'' [[IPA for Bemé\|[kʌlʌmban]]]; [[Bemé]]: ''Senkolumbang''; [[Ketaserang]]: ''Nqenkeeti'' or ''Nqenkeeci''; [[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]]: ''São Columbano''}} or simply '''Columban''' and rarely in full as '''Saint George, Saint Paul, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Columban of Luxeuil''',{{efn\|name=fullisland\|[[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]]: ''São Jorge, São Paulo, São Francisco de Assis e São Columbano de Luxeuil''}} is an island in the Malorabin Islands, an archipelago within the Poccasin Archipelago. It is governed as a [[w:British Overseas Territories\|British overseas territory]] with [[w:English language\|English]] as its official language. However, only around 300 people are estimated to speak English exclusively on the island; the vast majority (98.8%) of the island instead speak [[Columbé]], a dialect of [[Bemé]], the official language of the neighbouring [[Poccasin Federation]].

	Before European colonisation, Saint Columban was inhabited by Seru peoples who arrived from present-day [[w:Myanmar\|Myanmar]] and Bemang peoples who arrived from [[w:Malaysia\|Malaysia]]. The [[w:Portuguese people\|Portuguese]] arrived and built a colony in 1775 and ruled the small island for 115 years until the British invaded and acquired the island in the aftermath of the Pink Map War. The British, uncommonly for the time, successfully dismantled most of the remains of the former Portuguese colonial administration, and renamed the island to its present name in 1892; a year later, the British began to heavily import Poccasin slaves{{efn\|Enslaved Poccasins were not administratively considered "slaves", allowing British colonists in the Poccasins to continue the slave trade despite the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act and the earlier 1807 Slave Trade Act abolishing such practices in the British Empire.}} into Saint Columban, a process that only halted permanently in 1914 with the outbreak of World War I.		Before European colonisation, Saint Columban was inhabited by Seru peoples who arrived from present-day [[w:Myanmar\|Myanmar]] and Bemang peoples who arrived from [[w:Malaysia\|Malaysia]]. The [[w:Portuguese people\|Portuguese]] arrived and built a colony in 1775 and ruled the small island for 115 years until the British invaded and acquired the island in the aftermath of the Pink Map War. The British, uncommonly for the time, successfully dismantled most of the remains of the former Portuguese colonial administration, and renamed the island to its present name in 1892; a year later, the British began to heavily import Poccasin slaves{{efn\|Enslaved Poccasins were not administratively considered "slaves", allowing British colonists in the Poccasins to continue the slave trade despite the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act and the earlier 1807 Slave Trade Act abolishing such practices in the British Empire.}} into Saint Columban, a process that only halted permanently in 1914 with the outbreak of World War I.

Jukethatbox at 14:31, 20 February 2026

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	\| capital = Patria		\| capital = Patria
	\| largest_settlement = Patria		\| largest_settlement = Patria
	\| population_estimate = ~~25809~~		\| population_estimate = 25,809
	\| official_languages = English		\| official_languages = English
	\| common_languages = [[Columbé]]		\| common_languages = [[Columbé]]
			\| demonym = Columbayo
	\| sovereignty_type = British overseas territory		\| sovereignty_type = British overseas territory
	}}		}}
	'''Saint Columban''',{{efn\|name=island\|[[Columbé]]: ''Kulumban''; [[Bemé]]: ''Senkolumbang''; [[~~w:French language\|French~~]]: ''~~Saint-Colomban~~''~~; [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]]:~~ ''~~San Columbano~~'', [[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]]: ''São Columbano''}} or rarely in full as '''Saint George, Saint Paul, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Columban of Luxeuil''',{{efn\|name=fullisland\|[[w:French language\|French]]: ''Saint Georges, Saint Paul, Saint François d'Assise et Saint Colomban de Luxeuil''; [[w:Spanish language\|Spanish]]: ''San Jorge, San Pablo, San Francisco de Asís y San Columbano de Luxeuil''; [[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]]: ''São Jorge, São Paulo, São Francisco de Assis e São Columbano de Luxeuil''}} is an island in the Malorabin Islands, an archipelago within the Poccasin Archipelago. It is governed as a [[w:British Overseas Territories\|British overseas territory]]		'''Saint Columban''',{{efn\|name=island\|[[Columbé]]: ''Kulumban'' [[IPA for Bemé\|[kʌlʌmban]]]; [[Bemé]]: ''Senkolumbang''; [[Ketaserang]]: ''Nqenkeeci'' or ''Nqenkeeti''; [[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]]: ''São Columbano''}} or simply '''Columban''' and rarely in full as '''Saint George, Saint Paul, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Columban of Luxeuil''',{{efn\|name=fullisland\|[[w:Portuguese language\|Portuguese]]: ''São Jorge, São Paulo, São Francisco de Assis e São Columbano de Luxeuil''}} is an island in the Malorabin Islands, an archipelago within the Poccasin Archipelago. It is governed as a [[w:British Overseas Territories\|British overseas territory]] with [[w:English language\|English]] as its official language. However, only around 300 people are estimated to speak English exclusively on the island; the vast majority (98.8%) of the island instead speak [[Columbé]], a dialect of [[Bemé]], the official language of the neighbouring [[Poccasin Federation]].

			Before European colonisation, Saint Columban was inhabited by Seru peoples who arrived from present-day [[w:Myanmar\|Myanmar]] and Bemang peoples who arrived from [[w:Malaysia\|Malaysia]]. The [[w:Portuguese people\|Portuguese]] arrived and built a colony in 1775 and ruled the small island for 115 years until the British invaded and acquired the island in the aftermath of the Pink Map War. The British, uncommonly for the time, successfully dismantled most of the remains of the former Portuguese colonial administration, and renamed the island to its present name in 1892; a year later, the British began to heavily import Poccasin slaves{{efn\|Enslaved Poccasins were not administratively considered "slaves", allowing British colonists in the Poccasins to continue the slave trade despite the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act and the earlier 1807 Slave Trade Act abolishing such practices in the British Empire.}} into Saint Columban, a process that only halted permanently in 1914 with the outbreak of World War I.

			Despite calls for independence throughout the 20th century and a civil war in the 1990s (started by the Marxist-Leninist guerilla group Columban Liberation Army, ''Grup Pirido Kulumban''), Saint Columban has remained a British overseas territory where all Columbayos are by law British citizens.

	==References==		==References==
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Jukethatbox: Created page with "{{infobox country | name = '''Saint Columban''' | native_name = ''Kulumban'' | image_flag = Columban.svg | capital = Patria | largest_settlement = Patria | population_estimate = 25809 | official_languages = English | common_languages = Columbé | sovereignty_type = British overseas territory }} '''Saint Columban''',{{efn|name=island|Columbé: ''Kulumban''; Bemé: ''Senkolumbang''; French: ''Saint-Colomban''; [[w:Spanish language|Spanish]..."

2026-02-19T22:01:59Z

Created page with "{{infobox country | name = '''Saint Columban''' | native_name = ''Kulumban'' | image_flag = Columban.svg | capital = Patria | largest_settlement = Patria | population_estimate = 25809 | official_languages = English | common_languages = Columbé | sovereignty_type = British overseas territory }} '''Saint Columban''',{{efn|name=island|Columbé: ''Kulumban''; Bemé: ''Senkolumbang''; French: ''Saint-Colomban''; [[w:Spanish language|Spanish]..."

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{{infobox country
| name = '''Saint Columban'''
| native_name = ''Kulumban''
| image_flag = Columban.svg
| capital = Patria
| largest_settlement = Patria
| population_estimate = 25809
| official_languages = English
| common_languages = [[Columbé]]
| sovereignty_type = British overseas territory
}}
'''Saint Columban''',{{efn|name=island|[[Columbé]]: ''Kulumban''; [[Bemé]]: ''Senkolumbang''; [[w:French language|French]]: ''Saint-Colomban''; [[w:Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''San Columbano'', [[w:Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: ''São Columbano''}} or rarely in full as '''Saint George, Saint Paul, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Columban of Luxeuil''',{{efn|name=fullisland|[[w:French language|French]]: ''Saint Georges, Saint Paul, Saint François d'Assise et Saint Colomban de Luxeuil''; [[w:Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''San Jorge, San Pablo, San Francisco de Asís y San Columbano de Luxeuil''; [[w:Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: ''São Jorge, São Paulo, São Francisco de Assis e São Columbano de Luxeuil''}} is an island in the Malorabin Islands, an archipelago within the Poccasin Archipelago. It is governed as a [[w:British Overseas Territories|British overseas territory]]

==References==
<references group="lower-alpha"/>