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'''Menquoi''' is a term of Medieval origin used by residents of [[Kiravia]], [[Sarpedon]], [[Ultmar]], and to a lesser extent [[Audonia]] to refer to the people of [[Catholic Levantia|South Levantia]]. The term encompasses what would today known as the [[Urcean people|Urcean]], [[Derian people|Derian]], and [[Bergendii]] people and their related regional cultures such as the [[Garán people]]. The term, likely a [[Burgoignesc language]] corruption of a term for "equatorial" (''meánchiorcal''), most probably originated after the discovery of the equator in 1137. Generally, it refers to a Medieval concept of undifferentiated South Levantines descending from the majority population of [[Great Levantia]]. Although primarily used as an exonym, in the centuries prior to [[The Anarchy]] the term entered use within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] to collectively describe the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] and [[Imperial Kingdom of Urcea]], but fell out of disfavor following the [[Great Confessional War]]. The term, and historical derivations of it, have been considered derogatory since the 1700s.
'''Menquoi''' is a term originating from a corruption of the [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] term for "equatorial" (''meánchiorcal''), with its use beginning shortly after the discovery of the equator by [[Occidental civilization|Occidental]] peoples in 1137. Originally used by peoples within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] to collectively describe the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] and [[Imperial Kingdom of Urcea]], term encompasses what would today known as the [[Urcean people|Urcean]], [[Derian people|Derian]], and [[Bergendii]] people and their related regional cultures such as the [[Garán people]]. The period of [[The Anarchy]] and the [[Great Confessional War]] saw the term fall out of use and transition from an endonym to an exonym, being replaced by the concept of a "[[Levantine identity]]" beginning in the 19th Century.
 
The term was directly adopted by [[Coscivian civilisation|Coscivian]] scholars to describe Romance peoples generally, and became a pejorative term for Urceans and vaguely Urcea-aligned nations and peoples in the Coscivian and Gaelic worlds as early as the 1tth Century, which is believed to have encouraged its disappearance from Holy Levantine literature of the subsequent centuries. The word is commonly associated with [[Counter-Equatorial Movement|Counterequatorialist]] rhetoric in the modern day, and it possesses several regional translations and variations in [[Kiravia]], [[Sarpedon]], [[Ultmar]], and [[Audonia]], all of which are derogatory to varying degrees.


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Latest revision as of 16:15, 1 September 2023

Menquoi is a term originating from a corruption of the Burgoignesc term for "equatorial" (meánchiorcal), with its use beginning shortly after the discovery of the equator by Occidental peoples in 1137. Originally used by peoples within the Holy Levantine Empire to collectively describe the Kingdom of Dericania and Imperial Kingdom of Urcea, term encompasses what would today known as the Urcean, Derian, and Bergendii people and their related regional cultures such as the Garán people. The period of The Anarchy and the Great Confessional War saw the term fall out of use and transition from an endonym to an exonym, being replaced by the concept of a "Levantine identity" beginning in the 19th Century.

The term was directly adopted by Coscivian scholars to describe Romance peoples generally, and became a pejorative term for Urceans and vaguely Urcea-aligned nations and peoples in the Coscivian and Gaelic worlds as early as the 1tth Century, which is believed to have encouraged its disappearance from Holy Levantine literature of the subsequent centuries. The word is commonly associated with Counterequatorialist rhetoric in the modern day, and it possesses several regional translations and variations in Kiravia, Sarpedon, Ultmar, and Audonia, all of which are derogatory to varying degrees.