Re: [FT]Ship Names of the Nations - WWI Austro-Hungary (Long)
From: ScottSaylo@a...
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:57:37 EST
Subject: Re: [FT]Ship Names of the Nations - WWI Austro-Hungary (Long)
In a message dated 3/18/99 12:32:09 PM EST, oerjan.ohlson@telia.com
writes:
<<
Shouldn't this be two words (Szent Istvan)? IIRC "Szent" is the Magyar
way of spelling "Count", but I may well be wrong here. Imre?
>>
Szent is Magyar for Saint so Szent Istvan is Saint Steven - Austria and
Hungary are largely christian (catholic or eastern othodox) and saint
names
will be frequent in naming vessels