Talk:Godavari

Usage question: why not call this Godavari River? "Godavari" is already not a word in the English language, it's a name. I assume that "river" is not part of the name Indians use to refer to Godavari. But does that mean that English users have to change their conventions in referring to the river in English?

I'd like to ask a serious professional English maven about this one. --Larry Sanger 05:06, 6 August 2007 (CDT)