Overview of the 15 states making up Gfiewgjknsiorjgiostan
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Hatariew /Xat:ɐrɪəʍ/ (Etym.: from the capital city 'Hatariew')
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GeographyThe northeasternmost state of Hatariew is outside of urban areas for the most part composed in roughly equal amounts of farmland used above all for orchards or corn fields and mixed forestland with broadleaf and needleleaf trees. In the two southernmost counties evergreen needleleaf trees dominate the forests and broadleaf trees are rare.
Two major rivers flow through or past the state: The Lewr (name from ‘wolf’ in a substrate language), flowing through the two biggest settlements and next to various smaller villages, and the Ersaj(/ɛɹʂajə/, name from a substrate language), economically one of the most important rivers of Gfiewistan, making up the entire eastern border and flowing past the capital through South Jute into the Saru Sea. The land surrounding both makes up the Eastern Basin, a very flat and low-laying region taking up slightly less than half of the state. Other parts of the state being somewhat higher in elevation, with the exception of a small range of large hills in the southeast.
Capital
A large majority of Hatariew (about four out of five people) lives in the identically named state capital (which also doubles as the national capital), the most populous town (528,023 inhabitants) both in the state as well as nationwide. The etymology of its name is unclear, according to one popular theory it was originally a compound of ‘hak’ (remembering or honoring of a memory), ‘tan’ (land) + ‘riew’ (town, larger settlement).
The city is the commercial and cultural center of the country, with banks, insurances and import-export trade businesses being the most important economic sectors in which most people are employed. It has been the capital since 1852, when the republic was established. Previously, the capital had been Slakkariew(/ʂlak:ɐɹɪəʍ/ ‘slakka’, pike or luce, + ‘riew’, city), located in the south in the state of Bjuwag at the lake carrying the same name as the city.
Other towns and the countryside
Most of the remainder of the population of the states lives in towns located at the two railways going from the city of Hatariew to either Slakkariew and Dillariewis(/dɪɭ.ɭaɹɪəʍɪʂ/, 53,002 people, etym.: after a mountain grass endemic to the region and ‘riewis’, meaning little town) in the southeast or Weishriew(/ʍɘɪʂhəɹɪəʍ/, 67,000 people, name from Old Gfiewish ‘weish’, an exonym, and ‘riew’), the capital of Kauslat(/kɐɯʂɭat/), in the south.
Tsowerdig (/tʂoʍəɹdɪg/, 7926 people, from ‘tso’ half and ‘werdig’ day, referring to how Hatariew was once only half a day away from this town), Mesotal(/mɛʂoʈaɭ/, 5,078 people, etym.: ‘mesta’ buckwheat + ‘otel’ garden, field), Kjusgretafubnuur(/kjɯʂ.gɹɛ.ʈaʷɯβ.nɯʷɯɹ/, 7,235 people, literally “Greater Northern Road”), are stops on the former.
Xitwjed(/xɪtʍʝəd/, 5,657 people, name from the nearby river Xitwjed), Filnuur(/fɪɭnɯʷɯɹ/, 5,324 people, etym.: ‘fil’ separation + ‘nuur’ way, road), and the second biggest town of the state, Wjedhoskust(/ʍʝɛdhoʂkɯʂt/, 29,542 people from ‘wjed’ river + ‘hoskust’ harbor) laying at the shore of the river Lewr are situated at the latter railway line.
Saltel(/ʂɐɭtəɭ/, 6,890 people, from ‘sal’ meeting’ + ‘tel’ place) is the only bigger town not located on either of them, instead being a short distance away from the eastern national highway (ENH). Industry, particularly food processing and machine construction, remains a major employer here, but lately the services sector (trade, healthcare, transportation) has grown to be important as well and is set to take over in the coming years.
Other smaller towns and in villages in the countryside are home to only four percent of the population each, with most working in the agricultural sector. Logging is less important as a branch, as most of the state’s forests are under protection.
Major infrastructure
Aside from connections to the other cities of the country the railway as part of the Northern Ystelian Railway also connects Hatariew to the neighboring countries of Mermelia and South Jute. A ferry connection to Weishriew via the river Ersaj exists as well, which is also used for cargo transport, though less than in previous centuries. The main international airport of Gfiewistan is also located in Hatariew.
Population
Hatariew is also the most populous and most urbanized state, harboring roughly a third of the population of the entire country (627,025). Even though it is the only one to have a death rate (1.10 %, the fifth-highest) larger than the birth rate (the lowest0.97 % in the country), it still has the third biggest1.21 % population gain due to being one of the main destinations of both internal and international immigrants, with only the states of Twilm/tʍɪɭm/ and Bjuwag/βʝɯʍag/ having gained more the previous years.
Kebbzol /kɛb̪vʒoɭ/ (Etym.: Unknown, possibly a substrate language)
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GeographyThe Eastern Basin extends throughout the state and is home to the rivers with shores rich in reed the state is known for. The landscape in the west is also neither particularly elevated or hilly. Evergreen needleleaf forests can be found predominantly here, though they do exist all over the state.
Economy
Kebbzol has multiple smaller picturesque riverside towns that have always been a popular travel destination for stressed or ill capital residents as well as international tourists. Using the reed found in many places next to the biggest stream of Gfiewistan, locals have historically weaved dozens of different kinds of basket for all possible uses, with traditionally every village and town having its own techniques, ornaments and forms.
Today, it remains the most important production sector, with both mass-produced baskets (still using locally grown reed) for the national and international market as well as more durable, handwoven ones sold for tourists and richer countrymen, or made for their own families. Together with tourism, it contributes the most to the local economy, though agriculture (particularly beets and sugar beets), taking place mostly in the more fertile eastern part of the state, still plays a minor role, too.
Major infrastructure
A ferry on the Ersaj (the only major river touching the state) connects the capital Lakwa(/ɭakʍa/, 27,231 people, etymology unclear) with Hatariew as well as (less regularly) the city of Weishriew, and in addition to that, the eastern national highway passes through the western part of the state and is the main connection to other parts of the country in the nortwest and south. All other bigger towns, Detnas(/dɛtnaʂ/, 11,312 people, named after one of the first railway tycoons, K. Detnas), Zwjatalne(/ʒʍʝɐʈaɭnə/, 5,629 people, from ‘zwjatas’ rock and ‘alne’ village) and Hotza(/hotʒa/, 19,168 people, etym.: likely from substrate language) lay on the Hatariew-Weishriew railway.
Population
Kebbzol is one of the smaller states, both area- and populationwise (98,673 people). The state suffers from population loss through emigration (having the second lowest-1.19% net migration rate in the country). It also has the highest1.63 % birth rate while having one of the lowest0.92 % death rates leading it to have the highest0.71 % internal growth rate, but it is nonetheless insufficient to compensate for all emigrants, so in total the population change rate remains negative-0.48 %.
Fojsatan /foʝəʂatan/ (Etym.: 'fojsa' tend to sheep + 'tan' land)
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GeographyA more centrally located state, traditionally seen as belonging to Gfiewistan’s heartland. Forests are sparse, and the land is very flat, never gong below 500 or higher than 700 meters above sea level, however, the southwest has plenty of hills. The countryside is dominated by grassland as well as buckwheat fields. There are no major rivers flowing through the state, only two smaller tributaries of the Ersaj in the west.
Economy
Due to its many pastures and the abundance of sheep, the state has always been associated with shepherds and wool in particular. They still forms the backbone of the local economy, with about two thirds of the inhabitants employed in either sheep raising or an associated industry. Thanks to modern innovations, it has managed to remain affordable to almost all Gfiewians while largely retaining its quality and is valued for that reason in some other countries as well. Spiced warm sheepmilk is a local specialty you can find in all cafes and bars in the state capital, Gfojkio (/gʷoʝəkɪʊ/, population 41,829, literally "at the shepherds"), and many dairy products from all over Gfiewistan often come from this state as well.
Aside from sheep, buckwheat is a second pillar of the economy, with fields existing all over the state, particularly in the west. Together with the states of Wrofatan and Tanla it forms the breadbasket of the country.
Major infrastructure
The most important connection to the rest of the country is the the eastern national highway, which splits up near Gfojkio into a road going southeast in the direction of Weishriew (Kauslat) passing the smaller town of Wexumalne(/ʍɛxɯmaɭnə/, 5,054 people, literally “cider/liquor place”) and a southwestern route going towards Dillariewis in the state of Hemmswill, as well as a western route to Tanlariewis(/ʈɐnɭaɹɪəʍɪʂ/, 125,286 people, named after the region ‘Tanla’ it is situated in and ‘riewis’ town) in Tanla.
Aside from that, the Hatariew–Weishriew river ferry line has a single stop in the town of Retsamka(/ɹɛtʂamka/, 7,402 people, etym.: after an influential landowner in the 18th century), and the Hatariew–Weishriew railway stops in four tiny towns, Welgonuur(/ʍɛɭgonɯʷɯɹ/, 1,107 people, from ‘welgo’ a commercially used forest and ‘nuur’ road), Kusframt(/kɯʂʷɹant/, 2,394 people, from ‘kusfra’ ford and a suffix denoting a place), Sesgo(/ʂɛʂgo/, 2,061 people, from ‘ses’ sunflower and ‘go’ farm) and Enwuj(/ɛnʍɯʝə/, 1,893 people, named after the word in the local dialect for the kind of pines typical for the area).
Population
Fojsatan boosts a population of just 89,221 people, with most of it living in towns and only about ten percent in the countryside. While the birth rate is above average(1.40 %), the death rate is also among the highest(1.21 %) in the country, and the net migration rate is the second lowest(-1.43 %) in the country. Many people move away to one of the larger cities of either Hatariew or Weishriew in Kauslat, and few move into the state, and so it has the second lowest(-1.24 %) population change rate, with only Ghaklmbu having an even lower one.
Kauslat /kɐɯʂɭat/ (Etym.: from a substrate language, referring to a distinctive hill)
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GeographyKauslat is one of the largest states in Gfiewistan and known for its many beautiful rivers. The Takenfa (/ʈɐkənʷa/, etymology unclear), the second biggest river of Gfiewistan flows from West to East into the Ersaj here, and the plains along its shores and the shores of its multitude of tributaries dominate the landscape. The major ones are the Orde (/ʊɹdə/ from ‘ord’ bright, light) and the Kjuserf entering the Takenfa from the north, and the Wilfilmt (/ʍɪɭfɪɭmt/ ‘will’ region, land, earth + ‘fil’ separation + ‘mt’ natural place suffix) and the Krus (/kɹɯʂ/, originally from “glittering” in a substrate language) entering it from the south.
In regards to elevation, the state is not very hilly anywhere and due to the many plains and bassins mostly flat aside from the north- and southwesternmost corners which form part of the Northern and Southern Zwjatasemt (/ʒʍʝɐtaʂəmt/, literally ‘place of mountain rocks’).
Economy
The majority is employed in the commerce and transport sector these days, the steel industry having dwindling importance, as is the case with all producing branches.
Urban centers
Kauslat is also home to one of the largest cities in the country, Weishriew, a major national economical and commercial hub dominating the state. About a third of the population (67,327) lives in what forms the capital of the state.
Two of the remaining larger towns, Wjedriewis (/ʍʝɛdɹɪəʍɪʂ/, 11,583 people, literally “river town”) and Hranxelsa (/hɹɐnxəɭʂa/, 29,304 inhabitants, name translating to “Hran’s plains”, Hrans being a medieval local nobleman), are found alongside it, or in the case of Hranxelsa on a sidearm of it, the Krus.
Further west is Otnulmego (/ʊtnɯɭməgo/, name translating to “with a cattle farm”), and Astlem (/ɐʂ.tɭəm/, 10,801 people, from ‘outside walls’, referring to the walls of Weishriew) forms a stop on the railway between Hatariew and Weishriew.
The last two are located in corners of the state, Sokidwrofa (/ʂokɪdʍɹofa/ literally “colorful forest”) in the northwest, near the eastern national highway, and Ordfux (/ʊɹdfɯx/, etym.: ‘ord’ bright, light + ‘fux’ powdery snow) in the southwest, on the road to Grwstel (/gɹʍʂtəɭ/, etym.: from ‘grws’ snowy + ‘tel’ place).
Major infrastructure
Even if a lot of it is done via train and highways these days, the Ersaj and Takenfa have remained important routes used for trade and movement through the state. The Ersaj forms one of the connections to the capital Hatariew, and is to this day used by ferries and for cargo, and trips on the Takenfa are also particularly popular among tourists, both national and international, as the river is flowing through a rather picturesque landscape for the most part and is associated with various local myths, the spring of one the tributary rivers is even said to have healing powers.
Population
Kauslat is also the fourth biggest in terms of population. 200,166 people call it their home, and that number is largely stable. The net migration rate is essentially zero, and birth (1.40 %) and death rate (1.21 %), both being above average, largely cancel each other out, leading to a total population change rate of 0.25 %.
Galsnio /gɐɭʂnɪʊ/ (Etym.: from Old Gfiewish ‘g’ at + ‘alsnio’ mountains)
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GeographyGalsnio encompasses two very distinct regions. Mountains exist in the southern and southeastern part of the state, extending from the panhandle of Gfiewistan westward, while the northern parts only have hills, the norteasternmost corner, being close to the Krus and therefore the Takenfa plains, is even rather flat.
The valleys are covered to two thirds in deciduous needleleaf forests or wild meadows and to one third in pastures used for sheep. Half of the mountains are covered in the same kind of woodland, with the remainder being above the treeline and therefore open grassland, home to elks that are being kept by the local population for food, transport, fur and much more.
Economy
This kind of agriculture dominates the state, and some of it is even still just for subsistence. Little industry exists in Galsnio, as the state barely underwent industrialization and in many ways retained traditional production for things like clothes made of wool or fur and food products. As competitors from other regions got cheaper, many went out of business and only few managed to turn their manual labor into an advantage that they proudly advertise.
A small tourism industry, the most important branch of the local services sector, has seized upon these things and offers guided tours to manufacturies and vacations at reindeer farms in addition to the typical mountain holidays.
Urban centers
The capital is the smallest in Gfiewistan, having just 7,349 people. It is named Grwstel (/gɹʍʂtəɭ/, from ‘grws’ snowy and ‘tel’ place) and is located at the end of the only major road in the state, leading to Ordfux in Kauslat, from where it is possible to drive westward to the state of Twilm and the city of Dillariewis in Hemmswill and eastward to the city of Weishriew, the capital of Kauslat.
Major infrastructure
Train or ferry stops exist none, which is unique for the state and makes it the least connected of all, with all of the population living remote from any larger urban centers or any other part of the country. There is a small airfield near Grwstel, however it is only frequented by a single regional airline offering usually a flight per day as well as cargo planes.
Population
The state is the smallest in regards to population, having only 28,652 people. While almost three out of four people live in towns, none of them has more than 5,000 inhabitants excluding the capital. Many still live in isolated villages and cottages sprinkled across Galsnio, but the number is decreasing as urbanization continues, and many people, especially younger ones also move to other states, especially Hatariew.
The emigration rate is in fact the highest of any state (3.54 %), and the death rate the second highest nationwide, too, however, due to the birth rate being the fourth highest (1.56 %) and the immigration rate being the third highest (3.20 %) the total population change rate is near zero at -0.08 %. Many of those immigrants come from the city of Hatariew or the neighboring state of Kauslat and are attracted by the countryside or wish to live in small towns, but a lot are also people who return home after failed emigration plans or a successful education/business foundation.
Appendix
▼ Register of the city and town names
Towns and cities Land Etymology or translation
Alwakeld /ɐɭʍakəɭd/ Osjer ‘Alwas’ male given name + ‘keld’ toll station
Asfelg /ɐʂʷəɭg/ Hemmswill after a local mythological figure said to be living in the nearby river Asfel
Astlem /ɐʂ.tɭəm/ Kauslat “outside (the) walls”, referring to the walls of Weishriew
Bfagemt /βʷɐgəmt/ Tlulmerd ‘bfag’ whistle + ‘mt’ natural place suffix
Boforf /βoʷoɹf/ Ghaklmbu ‘bofoxs’ silent + ‘rf’ creek
Bordalne /βoɹdaɭnə/ Hemmswill ‘bord’ white + ‘alne’ village
Brurelwe /βɹɯɹəɭʍə/ Osjer ‘brur’ small forest in an open field + ‘elwe’ houses
Deksoot /dɛkʂoʷot/ Bjuwag “healthy air”
Detnas /dɛtnaʂ/ Kebbzol after one of the first railway tycoons, K. Detnas
Dillariewis /dɪɭ.ɭaɹɪəʍɪʂ/ Hemmswill ‘dilla’ a mountain grass endemic to the region + ‘riewis’ little town
Ejodfatel /ɛʝodʷatəɭ/ Twilm ‘ejo’ boat + ‘dfatel’ market
Enwuj /ɛnʍɯʝə/ Fojsatan after the word in the local dialect for the kind of pines typical for the area
Esawelgo /ɛʂaʍəɭgo/ Hemmswill ‘Esa’ female given name + ‘welgo’ commercially used forest
Filnuur /fɪɭnɯʷɯɹ/ Hatariew ‘fil’ separation + ‘nuur’ way, road
Filswjed /fɪɭʂʍjəd/ Kauslat ‘fils’ separated + ‘wjed’ river
Fojsago /foʝəʂago/ Ghaklmbu ‘fojsa’ sheep + ‘go’ farm
Fojalne /foʝaɭnə/ Twilm ‘foj’ sheep + ‘alne’ village
Fuwsda /fɯʍʂda/ Kauslat from a substrate language
Gemms /gɛm:ʂ/ Tanla “at the border”
Gfojkio /gʷoʝəkɪʊ/ Fojsatan “at the shepherds”
Gjatwa /gʝɐtʍa/ Slakkariew “at the birch”
Gordxersma /goɹdxəɹʂma/ Ghaklmbu “at the bright frogs”
Grf /gɹf/ Bjuwag “at the creek”
Grwstel /gɹʍʂtəɭ/ Galsnio ‘grws’ snowy + ‘tel’ place
Gsalwelt /gʂɐɭʍəɭt/ Wrofatan “at the red tree”
Gulmerd /gɯɭməɹd/ Slakkariew “at the oaks”
Haklawleft /hɐkɭaʍɭəft/ Slakkariew hakla ‘sacred’ + hwleft ‘river water’
Hatariew /xat:ɐɹɪəʍ/ Hatariew possibly ‘hak’ remembering or honoring of a memory + ‘tan’ land + ‘riew’ town, larger settlement
Hemmskusfra/hɛm:ʂkɯʂʷɹa/ Siortan ‘hemms’ border + ‘kusfra’ ford
Hewokusfra /hɛʍokɯʂʷɹa/ Tanla after a nearby river name, + ‘kusfra’ ford
Hotza /hotʒa/ Kebbzol likely from substrate language
Hranxelsa /hɹɐnxəɭʂa/ Kauslat ‘Hrans’ male given name + ‘xelsa’ plains
Hunfraotel /hɯnʷɹaoʈəɭ/ Kauslat ‘hunfra’ sugar beet + ‘otel’ garden, field
Hunnakalwerd /hɯn:akaɭʍəɹd/ Hemmswill ‘hunnak’ elderly + ‘alwerd’ oak
Irnfau /ɪɹnʷaʊ/ Hatariew from a substrate language
Jelwgo /ʝɛɭʍgo/ Slakkariew ‘Jelw’ given male name + ‘go’ farm
Kelnariewis /kɛɭnaɹɪəʍɪʂ/ Hemmswill ‘Kelna’ female given name + ‘riewis’ town
Kjelhew /kʝɛɭhəʍ/ Kebbzol ‘kjel’ forest clearing + ‘hew’ fort
Kjusgretafubnuur /kjɯʂ.gɹɛ.ʈaʷɯβ.nɯʷɯɹ/ Hatariew “Greater Northern Road”
Kusframt /kɯʂʷɹant/ Fojsatan from ‘kusfra’ ford + ‘mt’ natural place suffix
Lakwa /ɭakʍa/ Kebbzol unclear
Lendfatel /ɭɛndʷatəɭ/ Slakkariew ‘lent’ fish + ‘dfatel’ market
Lentelwe /ɭɛnʈəɭʍə/ Kauslat ‘lent’ fish + ‘elwe’ houses
Mesotal /mɛʂoʈaɭ/ Hatariew ‘mesta’ buckwheat + ‘otel’ garden, field
Mestago /mɛʂtago/ Wrofatan ‘mesta’ buckwheat + ‘go’ farm
Mewidda /mɛʍɪd:a/ Mjuwag after the river ‘Mewe’ + ‘idda’ river delta
Mibordswa /mɪβoɹdʂʍa/ Siortan ‘mi’ near + ‘bord’ white + ‘swa’ coast
Miwrof /mɪʍɹof/ Tlulmerd ‘mi’ near + ‘wrofa’ forest
Norsawrof /noɹʂaʍɹof/ Osjer ‘norsa’ pine + ‘wrofa’ forest
Okalwe /ʊkaɭʍə/ Hatariew oka ‘farmer’ + elwe ‘houses’
Okalot /ʊkaɭot/ Kauslat ‘oka’ farmer + ‘lot’ home
Ordfux /ʊɹdfɯx/ Kauslat ‘ord’ bright, light + ‘fux’ powdery snow
Otnulmego /ʊtnɯɭməgo/ Kauslat “with a cattle farm”
Retsamka /ɹɛtʂamka/ Fojsatan after an influential landowner in the 18th century
Rfalis /ɹʷɐɭɪʂ/ Hemmswill ‘rf’ creek + ‘alis’ village
Rflot /ɹʷlot/ Ghaklmbu ‘rf’ creek + ‘lot’ home
Runjalne /ɹɯɲaɭnə/ Kauslat ‘runj’ carp + ‘alne’ village
Saltel /ʂɐɭtəɭ/ Hatariew ‘sal’ meeting’ + ‘tel’ place
Serklaet /ʂɛɹkɭaət/ Hemmswill ‘serkl’ rocky + ‘laet’ road or path through mountains
Sesgo /ʂɛʂgo/ Fojsatan ‘ses’ sunflower + ‘go’ farm
Sfirf /ʂʷɪɹf/ Twilm ‘sui’ clean + ‘rf’ creek
Sfkjel /ʂʷkʝɛɭ/ Wrofatan ‘sf’ wind + ‘kjel’ opening, clearing in a forest
Slakkariew /ʂlak:ɐɹɪəʍ/ Bjuwag ‘slakka’, pike or luce, + ‘riew’, city
Sokidwrofa /ʂokɪdʍɹofa/ Kauslat “colorful forest”
Sokrodser /ʂokɹodʂəɹ/ Tlulmerd ‘sokrod’ black + ‘ser’ boulder
Sokrodzew /ʂokɹodʒəʍ/ Wrofatan ‘sokrod’ black + ‘hew’ fort
Suiwleft /ʂɯɪʍɭəft/ Osjer ‘sui’ clean + ‘hwleft’ drinking water
Swofiewkust /ʂʍofɪəʍkɯʂt/ Slakkariew “gateway of the sea”
Switorw /ʂʍɪtoɹʍ/ Hemmswill ‘swi’ windy + ‘torw’ field
Swibrur /ʂʍɪβɹɯɹ/ Hatariew “windy small forest in an open field”
Tanlariewis /ʈɐnɭaɹɪəʍɪʂ/ Tanla ‘Tanla’ name of the region + ‘riewis’ town
Tenrujgios /tɛnɹɯʝəgɪʊʂ/ Tlulmerd “of the fire people”
Tnulmegfans /tnɯɭməgʷanʂ/ Tanla ‘tnulme’ cattle + ‘gfansa’ meadow
Tnulmedfatel /tnɯɭmdʷatəɭ/ Wrofatan ‘tnulme’ cattle + ‘dfatel’ market
Tsowerdig /tʂoʍəɹdɪg/ Hatariew ‘tso’ half + ‘werdig’ day
Tujalne /tɯʝaɭnə/ Tlulmerd ‘tujas’ apple + ‘alne’ village
Tujaso /tɯʝaʂo/ Wrofatan ‘tujas’ apple + ‘o’ cultivating, gardening
Twiskunfra /tʍɪʂkɯnʷɹa/ Hemmswill ‘twi’ snowfall + ‘s’ adjective suffix + ‘kunfra’ ford
Ubaelwe /ɯβaəɭʍə/ Siortan ‘uba’ secluded, remote + ‘elwe’ houses
Weishriew /ʍɘɪʂhəɹɪəʍ/ Kauslat Old Gfiewish exonym ‘weish’ + ‘riew’ town
Welgonuur /ʍɛɭgonɯʷɯɹ/ Fojsatan ‘welgo’ commercially used forest + ‘nuur’ road
Wexumalne /ʍɛxɯmaɭnə/ Fojsatan “cider/liquor village”
Wjedfatel /ʍʝɛdʷatəɭ/ Hemmswill ‘wjed’ river + ‘dfatel’ market
Wjedhoskust /ʍʝɛdhoʂkɯʂt/ Hatariew ‘wjed’ river + ‘hoskust’ harbor
Wjedlot /ʍʝɛdɭot/ Osjer ‘wjed’ river + ‘lot’ home
Wjedriewis /ʍʝɛdɹɪəʍɪʂ/ Kauslat ‘wjed’ river + ‘riewis’ town
Wjualne /ʍʝɯaɭnə/ Tanla ‘wju’ new + ‘alne’ village
Xelsamt /xɛɭʂamt/ Tlulmerd ‘xelsa’ plains + ‘mt’ natural place suffix
Xersmwrofa /xɛɹʂmʍɹoʷa/ Ghaklmbu ‘xersma’ frog + ‘wrofa’ forest
Xitwjed /xɪtʍʝəd/ Hatariew from the nearby river Xitwjed
Zeralne /ʒɛɹaɭnə/ Wrofatan ‘zer’ willow + ‘alne’ village
Zermt /ʒɛɹmt/ Hatariew ‘zer’ willow + ‘mt’ natural place suffix
Zuhiwiolt /ʒɯhɪʍɪʊɭt/ Kauslat ‘zuhid’ bright, lush + ‘wiolt’ trees
Zwjatalne /ʒʍʝɐʈaɭnə/ Kebbzol ‘zwjatas’ rock and ‘alne’ village
Zwjawrofalne /ʒʍʝɐʍɹofaɭnə/ Twilm ‘zwjawrofa’ taiga + ‘alne’ village
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State Capital Etymology or translation
Bjuwag /βʝɯʍag/ Slakkariew “northern country” in a substrate language
Fojsatan /foʝəʂatan/ Gfojkio ‘fojsa’ tend to sheep + ‘tan’ land
Hatariew /xat:ɐɹɪəʍ/ Hatariew the capital city ‘Hatariew’
Hemmswill /hɛm:.ʂʍɪɭ/ Dillariewis ‘hemms’ border + ‘will’ region, land, earth
Galsnio /gɐɭʂnɪʊ/ Grwstel “at the mountains”
Ghaklmbu /ghɐkɭmβɯ/ Gordxersma “at the very holy place”
Kauslat /kɐɯʂɭat/ Weishriew from a substrate language, referring to a distinctive hill
Kebbzol /kɛb̪vʒoɭ/ Lakwa unknown, possibly a substrate language
Osjer /ʊʂʝɛɹ/ Suiwleft “with a duchess”
Siortan /ʂɪʊɹtan/ Hemmskusfra “land of rocks”
Slakkariew /ʂlak:ɐrɪəʍ/ Swofiewkust after the city Slakkariew
Tanla /ʈɐnɭa/ Tanlariewis ‘tan’ land + ‘nla’ heart
Tlulmerd /tɭɯɭmɛɹd/ Xelsamt “(place) of oaks”
Twilm /tʍɪɭm/ Ejodfatel “(place) of snowfall”
Wrofatan /ʍɹofatan/ Zeralne ‘wrofa’ forest + ‘tan’ land
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River Etymology
Asfel /ɐʂʷəɭ/ named after Count Asfel I, a local nobleman of the 16th century
Bofoxiwjed /βofoxɪʍʝəd/ ‘bofox’ silence, emptiness + ‘wjed’ river
Ersaj /ɛɹʂajə/ name from an unknown word in a substrate language
Hewo /hɛʍo/ name from an unknown word in a substrate language
Hemmswjed /hɛm:ʂʍʝəd/ ‘hemms’ border + ‘wjed’ river
Hwleftemt /hʍɭɛftəmt/ ‘hwleft’ river water + ‘mt’ natural place suffix
Jkiwje /ʝəkɪʍʝə/ ‘jki’ icy + ‘wjed’ river
Jkemt /ʝəkəmt/ ‘jk’ ice + ‘mt’ natural place suffix
Kjuserf /kʝɯʂəɹf/ ‘kjus’ large + ‘rf’ creek
Krus /kɹɯʂ/ from ‘glittering’ in a substrate language
Lausrf /ɭɐɯʂɹf/ ‘lausr’ wave + ‘rf’ creek
Lewr /ɭɛʍɹ/ from ‘wolf’ in a substrate language
Mewe /mɛʍə/ from ‘mee’, a substrate language word of uncertain meaning, perhaps ‘long’
Orde /ʊɹdə/ from ‘ord’ bright, light
Takenfa /ʈɐkənʷa/ etymology unclear
Wilfilmt /ʍɪɭfɪɭmt/ ‘will’ region, land, earth + ‘fil’ separation + ‘mt’ natural place suffix
Xitwjed /xɪtʍʝəd/ ‘xit’ river (in a substrate language) and ‘wjed’ river (in Gfiewish)
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