Talk:Duchy of Nysa

Name
No sources given despite a tag requested this. Well, so let's do a quick Google Book search to start with: Hmm, a duchy without any duke known to English books scanned by Google? Let's test other names:
 * "Duchy of Nysa" 8
 * "Duke of Nysa" 0

Hmm, a Polish name more frequent than a German? Interesting ... more to looking up
 * "Ksiestwo Nyskie" 111
 * "Duchy of Neisse" 11
 * "Herzogtum Neisse" 14


 * "Duke of Neisse" 1
 * "Herzog von Neisse" 9


 * "Fürst von Neisse" 59
 * "Prince of Neisse" 5
 * "Prince of Nysa" 9


 * "Fürstentum Neisse" 240
 * "Principality of Neisse" 95
 * "Principality of Nysa" 7

So the English name corresponding to the German "Fürstentum Neisse" is Principality of Neisse, not "Duchy of Nysa" derived from Polish "Ksiestwo Nyskie" as the creator believed. He may move without further ado. -- Matthead Discuß   03:07, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I have no strong feelings on the Nysa vs Neisse, but duchy is more correct then principality - per article on Duchies of Silesia (and lack of Principalities of Silesia). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 18:30, 18 April 2009 (UTC)