correct full place name for São Jorge in the Azores?

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638 Misspelled country in death location is flagging a bunch of profiles with São Jorge at the end of the place name and suggesting that Jorge should be Norge. Obviously that suggestion's incorrect, as São Jorge is in the Azores rather than Norway, but what would be the correct way to expand the place name? Is São Jorge sufficient on its own, or should it be São Jorge, Azores or even São Jorge, Azores, Portugal? (The batch of profiles I'm seeing in the error list ranges from the mid-1600s to mid-1700s.)
in Policy and Style by Sharon Casteel G2G6 Pilot (162k points)
retagged by Ellen Smith
Nice catch - Great post!
Thank you for posting Sharon :-)

3 Answers

+3 votes

I would say it should probably be "Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal."

It's not always easy to ferret out what a place name is in another language but Google Translate can be very helpful. Put whatever language you're using on the left and the language you want on the right, in this case, I had English to Portuguese, and voilà. 

 

by Deb Durham G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
+3 votes
The modern Portuguese name is Ilha de São Jorge, Região Autónoma dos Açores, República Portuguesa. However, there are about 11 different towns on the island so it may not be the final place name. As for the 17th and 18th centuries it would be Açores, Reino de Portugal.
by Helmut Jungschaffer G2G6 Pilot (591k points)
Thanks!
+1 vote

Just because something shows up on the Error/Suggestion Report, does not mean it was wrong and needs correcting. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't.

Sometimes the report itself is in error.

The Error/Suggestion Report is an ever evolving tool, and new "suggestions" are being added to it all the time. But sometime, those new suggestions are in error.

by Dennis Wheeler G2G6 Pilot (566k points)

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