PulkoMandyI have just realized a very annoying thing: the "Austr-" in "Austria" means East, from German Öster. The "Austr-" in "Australia", on the other hand, means South, from Latin Australis.
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Sylvia Wenmackers 🦉🍀@pulkomandy In the Belgian capital, there are three main train stations, one of which is called Bruxelles-Midi and it's not the middle one (which is called Bruxelles-Central), but South. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels-South_railway_station
Since this "Nord-South" connection is actually oriented Nord-East to South-West on the map, it is also used to connect East to West. I grew up in the East, so for me, Midi was the last station, meaning South, but actually gate to the West parts of Belgium. 🙃
(((Klefstadmyr)))@SylviaFysica @pulkomandy In Trondheim, Norway, two parallel streets are called Southern (Søndre) and Northern (Nordre) Street. And as you guessed, they both are aligned North-South. I.e., none of them are more North OR South than the other. Nobody knows why.