Talk:Gizhigin Bay

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"Yama Bay" page name[edit]

Are you sure you didn't mean Yam Bay? ST1849 (talk) 05:53, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The river is named Yama, the genitive would be Yamskaya. The Olsky District is named after river Ola in the same area, keeping the Russian genitive. Yam Bay would not be wrong, because the origin of the name is in v'ayam, a local Chavchuven term for river. The final "a" comes from the Russian language. If you prefer Yam, it is also OK. The name of the islands nearby has also been transcribed without the "a". Xufanc (talk) 14:26, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've never seen it called that in English once. I'm gonna move it back. Same with Gizhigin Bay. Why are you changing names? I've always seen it spelled Gizhigin Bay. Never Gizhiga Bay. ST1849 (talk) 05:10, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The bays are named after the rivers. Gizhigin Bay is wrong. Why are you feeling so strongly about this? Why are you getting so personal? Better check scholarly works on whales for example and maps of the Library of Congress instead of perpetuating errors in your deep ignorance of inflected words. Xufanc (talk) 15:03, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, look. I found scholarly works on whales and an atlas that use the proper spelling in English. ST1849 (talk) 15:56, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]