Talk:Kitay-gorod (Moscow Metro)

Chinatown
Why do people keep reverting my literal translation of the station's name? I find it of interest to non-Russian speakers that "Kitay" and "gorod" together does indeed mean Chinatown. --Shandristhe azylean 12:42, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Perhaps because it's neither encyclopedic nor true? The name has nothing to do with Chinese, nor does it mean (or ever has meant) "Chinatown" in the Western sense of the term. Adding a note about "Chinatown" here is like adding a note to the poop deck article stating that taken together "poop" and "deck" literally means "a deck of feces". It does not.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 7, 2014 ; 13:01 (UTC)
 * Well what does it have to with then? Is it just two random words put together? I don't think so. There's always a reasoning behind a name of a place. At least I want to explain that Китай (Kitay) is Russian for "China" and город (gorod) means "city". --Shandristhe azylean 09:58, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I see that the main Kitay-gorod article also had a bit about "Chinatown" (which I have just removed, per WP:UNDUE). It also describes some of the most popular theories regarding the origins of the name. For the purpose of this article (which is about a metro station, not about the historical area of Moscow) it would be sufficient to say that the station is named after Kitay-gorod, the historical area.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 8, 2014 ; 16:59 (UTC)