Talk:Kitay-gorod (Moscow Metro)

Trains: Stations / Rapid transit / Soviet Metros Mid‑importance

Trains Portal

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Trains, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to rail transport on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. See also: WikiProject Trains to do list and the Trains Portal.TrainsWikipedia:WikiProject TrainsTemplate:WikiProject Trainsrail transport articles

Mid

This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Associated projects or task forces:
/
	This article is supported by WikiProject Stations.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Rapid transit.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Metros of the former Soviet Union.

This article lacks references.

Russia: Technology & engineering / Visual arts / Economy Low‑importance

	Russia portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Russia, a WikiProject dedicated to coverage of Russia on Wikipedia. To participate: Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion.RussiaWikipedia:WikiProject RussiaTemplate:WikiProject RussiaRussia articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the technology and engineering in Russia task force.
	This article is supported by the visual arts in Russia task force.
	This article is supported by the economy of Russia task force.

Chinatown

Why do people keep reverting my literal translation of the station's name? I find it of interest to non-Russian speakers that "Kitay" and "gorod" together does indeed mean Chinatown. --Shandris^the ^azylean 12:42, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps because it's neither encyclopedic nor true? The name has nothing to do with Chinese, nor does it mean (or ever has meant) "Chinatown" in the Western sense of the term. Adding a note about "Chinatown" here is like adding a note to the poop deck article stating that taken together "poop" and "deck" literally means "a deck of feces". It does not.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 7, 2014; 13:01 (UTC)

Well what does it have to with then? Is it just two random words put together? I don't think so. There's always a reasoning behind a name of a place. At least I want to explain that Китай (Kitay) is Russian for "China" and город (gorod) means "city". --Shandris^the ^azylean 09:58, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I see that the main Kitay-gorod article also had a bit about "Chinatown" (which I have just removed, per WP:UNDUE). It also describes some of the most popular theories regarding the origins of the name. For the purpose of this article (which is about a metro station, not about the historical area of Moscow) it would be sufficient to say that the station is named after Kitay-gorod, the historical area.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 8, 2014; 16:59 (UTC)