Talk:Battle of Les Formigues

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I suggest to change to "Battle of Les Formigues Islands" or "Naval Battle of les Formigues" like the oficial name of the place

http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalla_naval_de_les_Formigues

http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illes_Formigues

thanks --Alyebard 12:52, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

sure, if that is the name when the battle happened? or later? SpookyMulder 15:46, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Correctly, in the XIII century, these islands were named in catalan "Formigas". Formigas means "ants" in english, as they seems on the horizon if you see from the nearby shore. Hormigas is the spanish name, and in XIII century in catalonia we only speak catalan. Spanish language and the banning of catalan names of locations only apears after the anexation of catalonia by Spain in 1714. Now catalan language is oficial again in Catalonia.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia thanks

--Alyebard 07:49, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]