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A fact from Mata Utu appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 May 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that although it is the capital city of Wallis and Futuna, Mata-Utu doesn't have any street names?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/May.

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Latest comment: 18 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

Matâ'Utu or Mata-Utu?

Matâ'Utu is the way that Wallisians spell it, and since it is their capital, you'd think they'd know how to spell it. Sometimes its written Matâ'utu also. The French spell it Mata-Utu, but they also spell London as Londres, Edinburgh as Édimbourg and French Guiana as Guyane française. --Bob 01:07, 2 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Interesting, although I believe French is the official language of Wallis and Futuna, so officially it should be Mata-Utu. Anyway, I've seen both Mata-Utu and Matâ'Utu (or Mata'Utu without the accent). Which one is more commonly used? According to Wikipedia:Naming conventions, this should take precedence over how the natives call the city (e.g. Rome vs Roma). Chanheigeorge 04:42, 2 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Mata-Utu is the English spelling, check for instance [1]. So I am moving the article back to Mata-Utu. On Wikipedia we use English spellings, even when native names are different. For instance we have a Munich article, although Germans actually call it München. Hardouin 23:54, 12 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

The DYK hook that could have been ...

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Damn ... we missed a better way to word the hook.

... that in Mata-Utu, capital city of Wallis and Futuna, the streets have no name?

Daniel Case (talk) 19:48, 18 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

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