| The .ma for Morocco can also come from the French name Maroc. And for Chad, I would say that it's more likely that the .td comes from the French name Tchad. That the Arabic name begins with a T is arguable, as it depends on the transliteration system you use. @Roman: you're right, the spelling Zuid-Afrika is Dutch, not Afrikaans (in Dutch "zuid" [south] is spelled with a z, as in Zuiderzee). |