Monotony yana sarauta tare da sunayen jirgin ruwa

Tare da yawancin 'Yanci, 'Yanci, 'Yanci, da dai sauransu (duk "na Tekuna", ba shakka) yana da sauƙi a rasa.

Da sauri, suna sunan layin da ke shirin ƙaddamar da jirgi mai suna Eurodam.

Idan kun yi tafiya kwata-kwata, tabbas kun san amsar: Holland America. Kamfanin ya shahara da sunayen da ke ƙarewa a cikin "dam" - al'adar karni da ta sa aka gane tasoshin ta nan take.

Yanzu yaya game da Independence na Tekuna, wanda ya fara halarta a watan Mayu?

Haka ne, Royal Caribbean. Tare da ƙaddamarwa, layin zai sami rikodin jiragen ruwa 22 da ke tafiya tare da suna yana ƙarewa a cikin kalmar "Tekuna" da aka dade ana amfani dashi.

Wasu layukan suna da hazaka wajen fitowa da sunaye masu mantawa. Wasu, da…

"Na ga yana da ban mamaki cewa layin jirgin ruwa ba zai iya zama mafi m," in ji Carolyn Spencer Brown, editan Cruisecritic.com.

Masana'antar zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa da ke haɓaka cikin sauri ta ƙaddamar da jiragen ruwa da yawa a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, kuma wasu da yawa suna kan oda. Wannan yana sa suna mai ɗaukar hankali ya zama mafi mahimmanci don ficewa daga taron. Amma yayin da adadin jiragen ruwa ke ƙaruwa, neman wanda ya yi nasara da alama yana ƙara yin ƙarfi.

Kamar yadda Spencer Brown ya nuna, sabon amfanin gona na suna ba shi da ban sha'awa a mafi kyau. Kuma wasu layukan ma suna yin kwafin sunayen da wasu ke amfani da su.

Misali, Royal Caribbean, kwanan nan ya ƙaddamar da Liberty of the Sea, shekaru biyu bayan abokin hamayyarsa Carnival ya ƙaddamar da nasa jirgin ruwa mai suna Liberty. Tabbas, watakila an biya bashin Carnival ta amfani da sunan Legend akan sabon jirgin ruwa a cikin 2002, shekaru bakwai bayan zuwan Legend of the Seas na Royal Caribbean.

A zahiri, Carnival yana zama ɗan ɗan kwafin serial. A wannan lokacin rani, layin zai kaddamar da Carnival Splendor, yana mai karawa Royal Caribbean's Splendor of the Seas. Jiragen ruwa na Carnival na gaba kuma za su yi sautin sanannun: Mafarki na Carnival da Carnival Magic fasalin kalmomin da Norwegian da Disney suka rigaya suka yi amfani da su.

"Yaro, shin yana da rudani," in ji Spencer Brown, yana yin la'akari da wasu sunayen da aka yi amfani da su ta hanyar layi daya, kamar Dawn, Jewel, Mariner, Navigator, Freedom, Crown da Pride.

Masanin tarihin jirgin ruwa Peter Knego na maritimematters.com ya zargi kamfen ɗin sa alama na kamfanoni don abin da ya ce zamanin rashin kunya ne a cikin sunayen jiragen ruwa. Layuka irin su Carnival da Norwegian yanzu suna jaddada nasu alamar sunan a cikin taken jirgin, an haɗa su tare da mafi yawan kalmomin da ba su da kyau kamar Dream ko Dawn, in ji shi.

"Wannan (wata) hanya ce mai ban sha'awa mai nisa ta bambance (a) jiragen ruwa fiye da tsoffin layin jigilar kayayyaki," in ji Knego.

Lallai, zamanin zinare na tafiye-tafiyen jirgin ruwa, rabin farko na karni na 20, lokaci ne na launuka masu launuka - idan wani lokaci na tsari - sunaye, in ji shi. Layin White Star na almara koyaushe yana ƙare sunayen jirginsa a cikin "ic," - kamar yadda yake a Titanic da Olympic. Rival Cunard ya makale da sunayen da suka ƙare a "ia," kamar Aquitania, Britannia da Franconia.

Douglas Ward, mawallafin littafin Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships, wanda kuma ya yi la'akari da sunayen jiragen ruwa na yau, ya ce tsofaffin layukan mallakar su ne kuma suna gudanar da su ta hanyar sufuri na rayuwa wanda ke da kwarewa ga al'ada kuma sau da yawa suna kallon teku don sunaye. . A yau, in ji shi, "layi da yawa manyan kamfanoni ne waɗanda ba su da kowa daga asalin jigilar kaya." Yana yin suna ta kwamitin tallace-tallace.

Don haka menene ya sa sunan jirgin ruwa mai kyau?

Don farawa, dole ne a sauƙaƙe tunawa, in ji Ward. The Disney Magic ya yi fice a wannan fanni, in ji shi. Kuma Cunard ya bugi zinari tare da sarauniyansa uku: Sarauniya Elizabeth 2, Sarauniya Maryamu 2 da Sarauniya Victoria.

Amma Ward ya ce mafi kyawun sunaye kuma sun dace da sunayen wasu jiragen ruwa a cikin rundunar. Celebrity Solstice, wanda aka ƙaddamar a watan Disamba, yana maimaita jigon tauraron Celebrity's Galaxy, Constellation da Mercury. MSC Cruises ta sami lambar yabo don sunaye masu jigo kamar Lirica, Melody, Musica, Opera, Orchestra da Sinfonia.

Ward ya ce sanya wa jirgi suna ya fi yadda ake gani. "Kalmomin da za su iya aiki a cikin wani yare sau da yawa ba sa aiki a wani," in ji shi. Kuma wasu sunayen jiragen ruwa, irin su National Geographic Endeavor, kawai sun yi tsayi da yawa, in ji shi. Sauran sunayen jirgin kawai basu dace da hoton ba. Karamin Mai martaba Tekun, alal misali, yayi nisa da daukaka.

Sannan kuma akwai lauje cikin nadi na dawo da sunayen da suka shude. "Sunayen dawowa suna da wayo saboda ma'anar da suka gabata," in ji Ward. Sunaye irin su Bismarck, masu alaƙa da Nazi Jamus, filin nawa ne. Ditto ga Titanic, don dalilai na zahiri.

Kamar Knego, Ward ya yaba wa Holland America don manne wa al'adar "dam" (kaddamar da kwanan nan ya hada da Zuiderdam da Oosterdam). Kakakin Holland America Erik Elvejord ya ce a tarihi, layin mai shekaru 135 ya yi amfani da "dam" ga jiragen ruwa na fasinja da kuma "dijk" ko "dyk" na jiragen ruwa. Kashi na farko na sunayen layin bisa ga al'ada sun fito ne daga koguna, garuruwa da sauran yankunan kasar Holland, in ji shi.

Holland America, kamar Cunard, an san shi da sake amfani da sunayen jiragen ruwa na tarihi. Layin ya fi sha'awar sunan Rotterdam, wanda ya yi wa jiragen ruwa a 1882, 1886, 1897, 1908, 1959 da 1996 (siffar da ke tafiya a yau).

Sunaye mafi muni a tarihin jirgin ruwa? Jirgin da ake kira R ya ƙaddamar da rusassun jiragen ruwa na Renaissance Cruises, in ji Mike Driscoll, editan jaridar Newsletter Cruise Week. An sanya wa jiragen ruwan suna R1, R2, R3 da sauransu - takwas gaba daya. Layin ya ninka bayan shekaru goma sha biyu kacal.

"Ya yi kama da wani abu a kan layin taro," in ji Driscoll "Amma an yi sa'a, waɗannan sunayen an riga an yi ritaya."

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