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Cenendovia is a member of the [[Nysdra Sea Treaty Association]], the headquarters of multiple Crona-based corporations, and is also the home of the League of Nations' Commission for Mandatory Venua'tino. As of 2030, it was ranked the "richest city in north-northwestern [[Crona]]" by the Bureau of International Statistics. | Cenendovia is a member of the [[Nysdra Sea Treaty Association]], the headquarters of multiple Crona-based corporations, and is also the home of the League of Nations' Commission for Mandatory Venua'tino. As of 2030, it was ranked the "richest city in north-northwestern [[Crona]]" by the Bureau of International Statistics. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The word "Cenendovia " is the [[Caphiric Latin]] transliteration of "''Shenendehowa''", itself the Occidental transliteration of "''Shen'endehowa''", a term of ancient Cronite origin meaning "great plains", most likely referring to the flat plains extending out east from the bay which have since been used to refer to the bay itself. Until the contemporary period, the city has been referred to as Shenendehowa or Shenendehowa Bay since | The word "Cenendovia " is the [[Caphiric Latin]] transliteration of "''Shenendehowa''", itself the Occidental transliteration of "''Shen'endehowa''", a term of ancient Cronite origin meaning "great plains", most likely referring to the flat plains extending out east from the bay which have since been used to refer to the bay itself. Until the contemporary period, the city has been referred to as Shenendehowa or Shenendehowa Bay since at least the Medieval period, and it is accepted that Cenendovia is purely a political term. | ||
As such, the names are interchangeable but it is understood that "Shenendehowa/Shenendehowa Bay" refers to the historical place and "Cenendovia" to the present-day political territory as part of Caphiria. | As such, the names are interchangeable but it is understood that "Shenendehowa/Shenendehowa Bay" refers to the historical place and "Cenendovia" to the present-day political territory as part of Caphiria. | ||