International names for Village Pump

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Wikipedia Discussion page[edit]

The Village Pump is the original English language Wikipedia general discussion area. Here are the the names of the general discussion areas in other Wikipedias:

  • Albanian - (Kuvendi) - Convention or Council
  • Arabic - (الميدان) - The Square
  • Azeri - (Kənd meydanı) - Village square
  • Catalan - (La taverna) - The tavern
  • Chechen
  • Cebuano - (Tubaan) - Place for Tuba (a kind of liquor)
  • Czech - (Pod lípou) - Under the linden tree
  • Welsh - (Y Caffi) - The Cafe
  • Danish - (Landsbybrønden)
  • German (Fragen zur Wikipedia) - Questions about Wikipedia
  • Gothic (Baurgs Brunna)
  • Greek (Αγορά) - Agora
  • Esperanto - (Babilejo)
  • Spanish - (Café) - The Cafe
  • Estonian - (Üldine arutelu) - General discussion
  • Euskara - (Txoko) - Place for friend's reunion around a good wine and better food (in others wikis only drinking?)
    • Provisional, decided by the only user of eu:wikipedia: 100% votes pro - no against ... as the finnish one  :)
  • Persian - (قهوه‌خانه Qahveh-Xâneh) - The Café
  • Finnish - (Kahvihuone) - Coffee room (as in break space)
    • notable for the fact that in the vote over a long list of names, this one received support from all voters, illustrating how copacetic a group the Finns are.
  • French (Le Bistro) - The Bar
  • Frisian (Oerlisside) -
  • Galician - (A Taberna) - The tavern
  • Georgian - (ყავახანა) - Coffee Shop
  • hebrew - (מזנון) - Cafeteria
  • Croatian - (Kafić) - The Café
    • although we did have quite a discussion about it and had several different suggestions, like Pijaca, which is just the town place, methinks, or tribina or forum or konoba.
  • Hungarian - (Kocsmafal) - Wall of the pub
  • Indonesian - (Warung kopi) - Coffee shop
  • Interlingua - (Taverna) - The Tavern
  • Interlingue - (Li Trincatoria)
  • Italian - (Bar) - Bar
  • Japanese - (井戸端) - Around a Well
  • Kongo - (Bêto na bêto) - Between us (literally: we to we)
  • Latin - (Taberna) - The Tavern
  • Lingála - (Bísó na bísó) - Between us (literally: we to we)
  • Lombard - (Grott) - The Tavern
  • Korean - (사랑방) - The living room (for guests)
  • Lower Saxon - Dutch - Pråthook
  • Lower Saxon - Germany - (Ik bruuk Hülp) - I need help
  • Macedonian - (Селска чешма) - literally "village pump"
  • Malayalam - (Panchayat-പഞ്ചായത്ത്) - Village council
  • Marathi-(Chavadi-चावडी)- A sit where casual or formal discussion among villager and at times with semi-govt,govt do take place
  • Malay - (Kedai kopi) - Coffee shop
  • mzn:Wikipedia:کومه - (Kuma) - A room situated in the middle of the fields to having rest & talk (specially for agriculturalists).
  • Mongolian - (Хурал) - Meeting Place
  • Maltese - ("Pjazza") - Square
  • Burmese - (လက်ဖက်ရည်ဆိုင်) - Tea shop
  • Neapolitan - (Circolo) - Club
  • Nepal Bhasa - (सतः फल्चा satah falcha) - Nearest translation: The terrace/tier of a multipurpose public building called "satah".
  • Novial - (Li komun chambre) - The Common Room
  • Nepali - (चौतारी Chautari) - A common place (Usually under peepal tree) to gather for rest and meeting.
  • Dutch - (De kroeg) - The cafe
  • Occitan - (Occitan) - La Tavèrna
  • Ossetic - (Ныхас) - meeting and discussion place.
  • Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch - (Gmeeschafts-Portal) - Community portal
  • Norfuk - (Trii'nohlij) - The Tree of Knowledge
  • Polish - (Kawiarenka pod Wesołym Encyklopedystą) - The Jolly Encyclopedist Coffee Bar
  • Portuguese - (Esplanada) - Square
  • Ripuarian - (Wikipedia Klaaf:Op dr Eck) - Wikipedia talk At the corner - Op dr Eck is a cafe, pub, restaurant, public meeting place …
  • Romanian - (Unde întreb) - Where do I ask?
  • Russian - (Форум) - Forum
    • Is periodically discussed name «Завалинка» (Zavalinka) ...
  • Serbian - (Трг) - Town Square
  • Sinhala - (කෝපි කඩේ - Kopi Kade) - The Coffee Shop
  • Simple - Simple talk
  • Slovenian - (Pod lipo)
  • Sundanese - (Sawala) - Discussion
  • Swedish - (Bybrunnen) - The Village well
  • Silesian
  • Tamil - (ālamarattaṭi) - Beneath the Banyan Tree
  • Thai - (สภากาแฟ) - The coffee shop
  • Tagalog - (Kapihan) - Coffee house
  • Tatarish - (Tartışma) - Discussion
  • Turkish - (Köy çeşmesi) - Village Pump
  • Ukrainian - (Кнайпа) - Kneipe
  • Venetian - (Ciàcołe) - Chitchat
  • Vietnamese – (Thảo luận) – Discussion
  • Volapük - (Kafetar) - Coffee Shop
  • Walloon - (li Cåbaret) - The Cafe
  • Winaray (Waray-Waray) - (Harampangan) - Discussion Place
  • Yiddish - (Kave Shtibl) - Coffee House
  • Zeêuws - (Durpsuus) - Primary House of a Village
  • Chinese - (互助客栈) - Hostel of Mutuality
  • Wu Ngu - (红茶坊) - Red Tea House

Sister projects[edit]

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