just learned that "Carthage" is a corruption of "Qart-hadast" which means "new city" if this isn't hilarious to you i don't know how to help you
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having been notified about Cartagena, i am now certain that New Crobuzon is named for Crobuzon, which is named for Crobuz (-on meaning "new" in a dead language), which is named for Cro (-buz meaning "new" in a different dead language)
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Bas'Lag is from the elder inchman tongue (now lost, after the inchmen degeneration syndrome became global) and translates to "New Planet"
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i'm going to have to write something set on a planet called Nurthnov Secundus aren't i
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