Note 12 — Chapter IV · ISLAMITES AND ITALIANS
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The Arabic and Turkish name for Venice is, or was, Bunduq. This was a clumsy rendering of the German Venedig, which again was a corruption of the Latin Veneticum. Although the Arab q (a very strong k) is almost unpronounceable by most Europeans, it is nevertheless constantly used by Arabs for translating the k-sound in European words.