[lojban-beginners] Re: trutca or raltca

[Yoav Nir <yoav.nir@gmail.com>]

In size, yes. But unless I'm mistaken, parliament still meets in Rio  
(having refused to move to Brasilia) and Rio has far more landmarks as  
compared to Sao Paulo, which is mainly an industrial center.

I could give the example of the Hague and Amesterdam, or Jerusalem and  
Tel Aviv.

On Jan 11, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Jorge Llambías wrote:

> On 1/11/08, Yoav Nir <yoav.nir@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not necessarily. {ralju} means principal/leader/chief/main, and is  
> > not
> > necessarily where the seat of government is.
> >
> > New York state is an obvious example where Albany is the trutca, but
> > NYC is the raltca. In Brazil, Brasilia is the trutca, but the raltca
> > is probably Rio.
>
> Rio is Brazil's second major city, after São Paulo.
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes