King Mswati III declares name change 50 years after independence from British rule.
The king of Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, has announced that his country has changed its name to the Kingdom of eSwatini to mark 50 years since independence from British rule.
Meaning “place of the Swazi”, eSwatini is the Swazi language name for the tiny state landlocked between South Africa and Mozambique. Unlike some countries, Swaziland did not change its name when it gained independence in 1968 after being a British protectorate for more than 60 years.
King Mswati III declared the name change during independence day celebrations at a packed sports stadium in the second city of Manzini. “I would like to announce that Swaziland will now revert to its original name,” he said, wearing red military uniform.
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Update #1: Swaziland king renames country 'the Kingdom of eSwatini' -- BBC
Update #2: King renames Swaziland as 'eSwatini' -- AFP
WNU Editor: eSwatinin?!?!?
5 comments:
If he changed it to Wakanda, tourism would have gotten a huge boost.
I picture the "Coming to America" royal court...
This is the kind of news you can only get at WNU.
'e' is a prefix.
eSwatini means place or land of the Swazi.
There are different ways of logically making up making up words and one way is by prefixing and suffixing. There might be better terminology, but I am not a linguist.
'e' surprised me, but 'M' would not have.
If WNU learned one more language (Arabic of an African), I bet he would make a damn good linguist. Better than most of us.
I am learning Spanish right now.
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