Zalsoker
Zalsoker
Zalšökér Zalshokyer/Zalivzokhov | |
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| Nickname: City of Sighs | |
| Country | Skarmia |
| Oblasc | Zalsoker-Gorda |
| Government | |
| • Body | City and Regional Council |
| • Mayor | Amalah Tahin |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,097,344 |
Zalsoker (/ˈzælsəˌkər/; Skarmic: Zalšökér, IPA: [sälˈʃœˌkɛɾ]; Beleroskovi: Zalshokyer, IPA: []), still known by some by its old name of Zalivzokhov, is the capital and largest city of Skarmia, lying at the mouth of the Zali river in the Zogfa Bay, with a population of approximately 1.1 million people. Zalivzokhov was founded by the Beleroskovi Empire, and served as the administrative capital of the Southwestern Krai throughout all of its existence, giving its name to an administrative region surrounding the city that became one of the four oblast-level subdivisions of the Skarmian Socialist Republic and, later, the independent Federation of Skarmia. Zalsoker occupies the majority of area comprising the Zalsoker-Gorda region, and sits in an area of low and level ground known as the Zali Plain.
Etymology
The name Zalsoker is largely consistent in both Beleroskovi and in Skarmic, with minor phonological differences making up the difference between both names. This name in turn is derived from the original Beleroskovi name for the city, that being Zalivzokhov, which originated as the term Zaliv Vzdokhov, meaning "bay of sighs". This is in reference to the Zalsoker sigh, a specific aeolian sound that occurs when the polar easterlies meet the rock formations of the Ichur Hills to the south. It is unclear whether Zaliv Vzdokhov is a calque from the Skarmic word Chánetzivösei or vice versa, though the latter term has fallen out of popular usage since the Red March of Peace and the Socialist period of Skarmian history.
