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[beth-shulman.livejournal.com]

Why isn't the country Attolia called Attolis? The common thread running through the countries' names seems to indicate that the kings are called after the country - Sounis, Eddis - and that the queens are a female version of that - Eddia, Sounia, and Attolia. Do you think there's some sort of unmentioned history that resulted in the country being named after their queen?

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[tenar-padmire.livejournal.com]

On the subject of constantly changing names, Kristin Cashore does the exact thing in her Graceling Series. In the Known World, the capital cities of the Seven Kingdoms change names according to their current ruler. Case in point, Leck City had become Bitterblue City by Book 3.