Monday, October 31, 2011

Chili - Reimland

I googled "Chili" and "shoe-lace" and found out that the shape of the country is mostly associated with a "shoe-lace". We can safely state that the epiteth of Chili is "Shoe-lace country" (Reimland).

http://www.allchile.net/chileforum/topic5751.html (The shoelace became the star of South-America)

http://www.upcichile.org/letters/spring_07.pdf (mentions "Shoe-lace country")

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/travel/world/chile-winemakers-going-upmarket/story-e6frezk9-1226134502834 (They found this unusually long, shoelace-shaped country had an ideal climate for winemaking.)

http://www.archive.org/stream/latinamericaageo005159mbp/latinamericaageo005159mbp_djvu.txt (Chile, the "shoe-lace" of South America, is 3000 miles in length approximately)

http://www.styleathome.com/food-and-entertaining/wine-and-spirits/wine-and-spirits-chilean-wines/a/793 (...to better understand Chile, imagine a shoelace with a knot tied in the middle)

Derivations of "Reimland":

Reimlendingur (Chilean, inhabitant of Chile)
Reimlenskur (Chilean, adj.)
Reimlandsfjöll: Andes Mountains (most part of the Andes mountains lies in Chile)
Reimlandseyðimörk: Atacama desert
Reimlenskt salt (Chile salpetre)
Reimlandsgammur: Andean condor (sometimes called Chilean condor)
Reimlandsvefja (Vanellus chilensis): Chilean lapwing
Reimlandsflæmingi: Chilean flamingo
reimlenskur refagrefill: Chilean fox terrier
Reimlenska bjúgnefja (Recurvirostra andina): Andean avocet

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