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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#13271) s/Pinang/Penang in Malaysian ruleset
From: "Peter Schaefer" <peter.schaefer@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:34:21 -0700
Reply-to: bugs@xxxxxxxxxxx 
<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13271 >

The wikipedia also gives "Pulau Pinang" as a name, meaning  "island
(of the) betel nut tree".

www.googlefight.com, however clearly favors Penang 4:1 over Pinang.

All matters of importance can be resolved by a googlefight :-)

On 6/15/05, Jason Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13271 >
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> David Stewart wrote:
> > <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13271 >
> >
> > According to 
> > http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2005/6/14/prodit/11171957&sec=prodit
> > the correct spelling is Penang.
> 
> But according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang it's not a city,
> it's a state.
> 
> -jason
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