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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In german the letters are even closer.

Irland -> Island

Only one letter further.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not in Dutch however. There it's IJsland and Ierland. You'll have to go through several more character shufflings to make it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

In Ireland it's Éire, while Iceland is An Íoslainn, so it doesn't really work 😕

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In Greek as well.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also in Slovene.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also Italian

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Also in Icelandic!