The Vatuvu

The Vatuvu (from the Vatavu river), indigenously known as Abuvixè, is a small country on the continent of Dihara. It is borded on the East by the sea of Azad, and surrouded by the Xabéritchi mountains. They pride themselves on being one of the longest running continuous monarchies.

Naming
The naming conventions in the Vatuvu are linked to the family and genealogy system. Family names are tied to the place of origin of the family, to properties owned by the family, or a special trait a family has (although this last one is rarer). As families get bigger it becomes difficult to trace one's lineage and inheritance, as such parts of the family add another name so as to specify wich part of the family they are, these names often are linked to a property owned by this part of the family or a property they can inherit. For personal names the system is different, it usually is a name of a founding or glorious ancestor, or a great person in history (such as a king or a saint). As personal names get used and reused in the same family nicknames have been usedmore and more in order to specify the exact person. An example of these naming conventions is Mixili "Tavi" Xéluse alè Vataluse pu, this translates to Mixili "the tall" "Oasis" "of the river", the wachiro gi's family originated in the north of Abuvixè around an oasis hence this name, the part of the family from wich he comes from moved and bought a property near a river, that is where they got this second name. His first name is in refference to saint Mixili the burned, a popular saint in the Vatuvu. As for his nickname, wich helps differentiating between him, his brother, his paternal uncle, and his great grandfather, is quite self-explanatory.