Talk:Little Pakistan

RFD discussion: January–July 2017

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Little Pakistan

Little Italy

This is little, sense 5: Used with the name of place, especially of a country, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place. There are literally infinite ways to use little in this sense with countries (or even regions or cities), and they're all entirely transparent. -- Pedrianaplant (talk) 19:10, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

• On the other hand, if the area is marked on maps as Little (whatever) you would have to accept that it's been accepted as a name. This happens in London with Little Venice, which I think got its name because it's at a canal junction. The name appears in my A-Z Master Atlas of Greater London. DonnanZ (talk) 19:48, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Are we going to have every name in every map? --Hekaheka (talk) 14:45, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

I don't honestly know. Try this [1]. DonnanZ (talk) 15:46, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

I found a couple of stations with Little Italy in the name in San Diego [2] and Cleveland [3]. DonnanZ (talk) 16:11, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Little Pakistan is a little more doubtful [4]. Both entries have Wikipedia links however. DonnanZ (talk) 16:17, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

• A parallel given place name is Chinatown, which is commonly accepted and listed by Oxford, and may not necessarily appear on maps. DonnanZ (talk) 12:11, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
• It's a bit weird, because "little" here converts proper nouns into regular nouns. "Italys"/"Italies" is a very weird word, but "Little Italys" is quite common. Smurrayinchester (talk) 11:21, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

I was not aware of that sense at little when I created these. I think the OED has one or both. I'm not fussed about keeping them. Equinox ◑ 15:48, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Little Italy is in Oxford Online - chiefly North American; "any urban district inhabited predominantly by Italian immigrants or people of Italian descent". No entry for Little Pakistan however. DonnanZ (talk) 14:11, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Keep. NOT SOP. This is the actual name of the place and is well attested. PseudoSkull (talk) 13:18, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

• Keep definition as currently worded: Purplebackpack89 15:21, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Kept as to both. bd2412 T 02:57, 5 July 2017 (UTC)