Gender of Russian loan words

[Paul B. Gallagher]

POSNER_LUDMILA (or was it Francoise Rosset? -- markings unclear) wrote:

> Also, what gender is assigned to a city whose name ends in -o, -e, or
> even u (Timbuktu, Baku)? What about countries (Mali, Togo, Peru)?

Baku seems to be masculine:
	"родной баку" -- 2,370 hits
	"родное баку" -- 55 hits

Peru seems to be neuter:
	"родной перу" -- 37 hits
	"родное перу" -- 0 hits

Not so clear for Timbuktu:
	"родной Томбукту" -- 1 hit
	"родное Томбукту" -- 0 hits

Also unclear for Mali:
	"родной Мали" -- 4 hits
	"родное Мали" -- 2 hits

Hard to search for Togo and distinguish it from того the pronoun, but an 
eyeball estimate seems to favor the neuter treatment.

-- 
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Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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