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==Names== | ==Names== | ||
''Bjeheond'' comes from [[Modern Nurian]] '' | ''Bjeheond'' comes from [[Modern Nurian]] ''Bíxxanti'' /ˈbɪx:ənʔti/ 'fox-DU', referring to the Twin Foxes in Nurian mythology. "Bjeheond" is preferred to other names for the continent in the majority of Trician languages. | ||
Other names include Netagin ''Tacrůt'' (from ''cerat'' 'fox', thus a partial calque from the Nurian) and a poetic name ''Șinach'' (from ''*hīna-kkam'' 'our land' in an older stage of [[Gwnax]]; Modern Gwnax ''Zynax''. ''Gwnax'' itself is from ''*wana-kkam'' 'our way (of speaking)'). | Other names include Netagin ''Tacrůt'' (from ''cerat'' 'fox', thus a partial calque from the Nurian) and a poetic name ''Șinach'' (from ''*hīna-kkam'' 'our land' in an older stage of [[Gwnax]]; Modern Gwnax ''Zynax''. ''Gwnax'' itself is from ''*wana-kkam'' 'our way (of speaking)'). | ||