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marianne Premium account Joined: Sep 03 Points: 20248 Posts: 349 Posted: 2003-11-09 17:27:00    I was uploading some guides and found: in Greece in the province of Achaia two names for the same city: Xylokastro and Xylokastron These days it is more usual the use Greek names without the letter 'n'. So you can delete Xylokastron. You have also got: Den Haag and The Hague in the Netherlands. One city, two names. [ This Message was edited by: marianne on 2003-11-09 17:31 ] --- “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” Robert Louis Stevenson Reply    Reply with quote    Contact marianne   whereisliz Joined: Oct 03 Points: 8654 Posts: 164 Posted: 2003-12-02 17:44:00    I found something similar... you have two entries for Florence, Italy: ITALY Toscana Florence ITALY Tuscany Florence Toscana and Tuscany are the same thing (Tuscany being the anglicized version). I'm all for calling places what the people who actually live there call it, so my vote goes to keeping Toscana, although in my part of the world Tuscany is far more commonly used. What's GLOBO policy on this? --- travel inspiration & information at whereisliz.com Reply    Reply with quote    Contact whereisliz