Taxacom: Imperial naming

[John Grehan]

Oops - my apologies in advance. I should have asked whether the French had
been consulted, since New Caledonia is part of France. Perhaps I should
inquire with the French Acad?mie des sciences to see what that organization
may have to say on this naming matter.

On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 10:25 PM John Grehan via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> As I expect most would agree, names can be a way of asserting power. One
> has seen this often in place names where European names supplanted
> indigenous names. Interesting in this respect is the naming of the
> 'Zealandia' continent. Perhaps makes sense in terms of NZ being the largest
> portion above water. But I wonder if New Caledonians were consulted? And
> now I see that Zealandia is ascribed a Maori name -  Te Riu-a-M?ui. One
> problem with that. Maori is not the only indigenous culture to the region
> thus designated. What about the kanaks of New Caledonia? What's the bet
> they were never consulted? Anyone have any insight into that?
>
> John Grehan
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