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Friendly fire...

• I just read in the article that Livorno "received moderate damage" during WWII. I don't think it is correct. I'd like to note that over 800 civilians died under the 116 bombings (the first on may 28th 1943) by the allied forces and 70% of the buildings were severly damaged (over 20% totally destroyed). Greetings, from Livorno Shezarainbow 16:27, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Friendly fire...2

I completely agree with the above post. Livorno has been one of the most damaged cities during the WWII bombings. I thinks there should be a clear paragraph or phrase about this.(Madmats (talk) 00:54, 1 November 2009 (UTC))

Leghorn as former English name

Leghorn is shown as the archaic English name for Livorno in this article. Roughly when did speakers of English move away from using Leghorn? Thanks! LewPotT 22:05, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I believe we should continue to use Leghorn, and move back from Livorno. Iain 21:08, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages uses whatever is the WP:COMMONNAME in WP:ENGLISH - which these days would be Livorno IME. Incidentally, my Shorter OED dates the derivation of Leghorn from Legorno (Genoese name?) to the 16-17th century. It certainly "feels" more archaic than say using Peking for Beijing, I suspect WWII saw a change? FlagSteward (talk) 18:39, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

The US military still uses Leghorn, as far as I can tell. --jpgordon 04:34, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

The Oxford Dictionary of the World, OUP, 1995, uses Leghorn, and in my experience this remains the normal English name. DuncanHill (talk) 22:12, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Leghorn is now considered antiquated. As a port it is internatiopnally referred to as Livorno. I think you will have problems booking a sea passage to Leghorn in this day and age.  Giacomo  12:24, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

PS: I don't like the google test, but it's interesting to note that "sail to Leghorn" gets 62,000 results (which at a glance appear to be historical) while "sail to Livorno" gets 131,000 results mostly modern. As I say that doesn't prove anything, but Leghorn really is old fashioned.  Giacomo  12:29, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

The Comune di Livorno calls it Leghorn in its English-language webpages, eg DuncanHill (talk) 12:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

English settlement

There should be something here about the English speaking population - I believe there is an english cemetery. Gustav von Humpelschmumpel 13:59, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. There are 2 english cemetery. "Cimitero Inglese" in "Via Verdi" is the oldest; the one in "Via Pera" is the other. Some famous people (but not too much) are buried in these cemetery. 15:15, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

leghorn is not in Tyrrhenian Sea

Leghorn is not in Tyrrhenian Sea as many of leghorn and italy people think but in ligurian sea. You can easyly can find confirm of this fact in some official italian site of geography. Sorry if mi english isn't perfect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.18.206.59 (talk) 12:11, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation of Leghorn

The IPA pronunciation given for Leghorn looked very wrong to me, and I have corrected it according to the entry for Leghorn in the Oxford Dictionary of the World, OUP, 1995. DuncanHill (talk) 22:14, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

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