Language challenge

1. Name a language in which 'Brazil' is spelt with a 'z'.

2. Name a language in which the most powerful piece on the chess board is NOT called 'the
lady' or 'the woman'. (By which I mean European chess, not shougi or any other game)

I will not accept English, Scots, or any other very close cousin of English as answers.

Dutch: Brazilie and Koningin (which means "queen&quot😉

Thanks. I didn't know the answer, it just struck me as odd that we spell 'Brazil' with a 'z' in
English (the Brazilians don't!) and that in many languages, the queen in chess and on playing
cards is known as 'the lady'. Eg: in German, 'Koenigin' means 'queen', very similar to Dutch
- but I've never seen it used to mean the chess piece or the playing card.

I'm guessing the Dutch for 'king' is 'koning' - so how would the chess move 'KxQ' be written
in Dutch?

When the King takes the Queen you never write KxQ but Kx the field
were the queen is situated. f.e. Kxe5.
It would be rather complicated if we used KxK 🙂
Lioness

Both in Dutch & German = D, abbreviated, and 'Dame' for Queen. In
Dutch also in card-games. In German I don't know. I don't/can't play
cards in both languages, neither, for taht matter, at my local. Jan

That's what I thought. In that case part 2. of the challenge is still unsolved.

I think the named cards in German are As (=ace), Bube (=jack/knave), Dame (=queen) and
Koenig (=king).

Entschuldigung! Auf Deutsch kann ich nur Brot und Butter kaufen. Jan

Warum nicht kein Beer?
Harri