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Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.

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[–] Streetdog@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Except when you're from the Netherlands.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

That makes sense, again, grammatically. The low/lower/nether land.

[–] uranos@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In Dutch it's just called Nederland. "The" is added when referring to it in English since it makes more grammatical sense in English. The Low-Lying Lands.

Ukraine is its full proper name, from the original name of Україна, which can be romanized to Ukraine.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 5 points 10 months ago

To "Ukraina", not Ukraine, but that's just a minor correction.