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Welcome to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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With apologies to the people of Wales, I challenge you to solve a conundrum facing House Hoth and our neighbors in the Kiast system: What the heck do we call ourselves?

Our home planet, Solyiat, has no official demonym. It's unclear whether someone who lives there is called a Solyiatian, Solyiati, Solyite, Solian, or something else entirely. It's up to you to decide, but be careful. You've got to argue your case effectively. Using the text box submission field or a file upload, propose a demonym for Solyiat and convince the Summit yours is the best option. (Bonus points if you include a pronunciation guide.)

Competition Details:

  • You must submit your entry using the text box submission field or some other text-based file upload (e.g., TXT, RTF, DOCX, PDF). Links to Google Docs or other formats able to be edited after the fact will be disqualified from participation.
  • There is no minimum or maximum word count, but you must both justify your proposal and keep my interest alive.
  • Entries will be graded on strength of argument, linguistic/cultural/other evidence marshaled, syntax and grammar, creativity, humor, and how much fun I have reading submissions.
Competition Information
Organized by
Quaestrix Corinna Magarin
Running time
2026-09-01 until 2026-09-15 (15 days)
Competition Tier
Tier 5 - Other Solo Activity
Target Unit
Clan Odan-Urr
Competition Category
Other
Awards
Dynamic, Fifth Level Crescents (based on participant count)
Participants
6 subscribers, of which 6 have participated.
Results
1st place
Tarvitz
Member
Tarvitz
Submission
Tarvitz opted out of publishing their submission.
Placement
1st place
Member
Praetor Vigo Zakirov
File submission
Solars.png
Textual submission

Please enjoy my #GirlMath

Placement
2nd place
Member
Aedile Kadrol Hauen
Textual submission

I Propose Solyiatian, as the House Hoth info-blurb already uses the term. ( See https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/units/hoth/sort/rank/asc for details). I say we use the 5 billion ways to pronounce that as resulting from regional dialectal differences and not think into it too much further

Placement
3rd place
4th place
Eeno
Member
Eeno
Textual submission

Solian (Sōl’•iːən)

I think this is easy to say though with Star Wars words that is hardly a prerequisite.

Placement
4th place
Member
Ghost Edgar Drachen
Textual submission

Solyiatarian

Placement
Participation only
Member
Quaestrix Corinna Magarin
Textual submission

People from Solyiat should be called Solyiati. First of all, it sounds the most Star Wars-y. Second of all, it could just as easily be an adjective for "related to Solyiat" just as match as a demonym. Third of all, it's clearer to pronounce than, say, Solyiatian. (Soul-ee-ay-shun? Soul-ee-at-ee-an?)

Placement
Participation only