Why is the Zandalari capital called Zuldazar

[Aucald]

I'd rather like to know why every fucking thing is named after Zul.

The term "Zul" as a prefix is generally taken to be akin to the adjective "mighty" or "great." So Zul'jin would be "Great Jin" and Zul'Gurub would be "Great Gurub." "Jin" itself is often taken to mean "leader" or "master" - so Zul'jin's full name would be "Great Leader" or something akin to that. Zuldazar would basically be "Great Dazar," a testament to Dazar as the founder and first king of Zandalar.

[Thelyron]

The term "Zul" as a prefix is generally taken to be akin to the adjective "mighty" or "great." So Zul'jin would be "Great Jin" and Zul'Gurub would be "Great Gurub." "Jin" itself is often taken to mean "leader" or "master" - so Zul'jin's full name would be "Great Leader" or something akin to that. Zuldazar would basically be "Great Dazar," a testament to Dazar as the founder and first king of Zandalar.

Well, ain't that some shit. Thanks for explaining.

[Soeroah]

It's so ancient it was named before trolls invented the apostrophe.

[Chonar]

Why darnassus is called like so

Those darn ashes, getting everywhere..

[RangerDaz]

I always wondered the relation between the prophet Zul and all the troll city names starting with Zul.

[Aucald]

I always wondered the relation between the prophet Zul and all the troll city names starting with Zul.

I don't know if Zul as a formal name is the same as it is in the prefix version, but it could be. Zul's name could just be an appellation, viewing himself as "the Great," or perhaps it's the Zandali version of virtue names like Chastity, Patience, Hope, Faith, etc. etc. - a trait or characteristic taken as given name.

[valax]

zuldazar is my city

[RangerDaz]

I don't know if Zul as a formal name is the same as it is in the prefix version, but it could be. Zul's name could just be an appellation, viewing himself as "the Great," or perhaps it's the Zandali version of virtue names like Chastity, Patience, Hope, Faith, etc. etc. - a trait or characteristic taken as given name.

It could be an explanation, yes.

My first assumption was that he was the founder of all of them, but i think they are much older than he his.
My second assumption was that he was probably named after the famous expression or the troll meaning of Zul, just like the cities were, which is convergent with your idea.

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zuldazar is my city

I love it! Probably one of the best graphical and visual cities Blizzard has ever designed, if not the best one.
Not very practicle to walk through though. I would place more than three flight paths there. At least 2 more: one in the professions area and the other near the mission ship.

[Kyphael]

Not sure, but Zul'aman is MUCH cooler!

"You wanna come here? You stay fo-e-vah! We gunna berry you here..."

Don't mess with the coolest trolls, Amani!

[Zulkhan]

Because Dazar'alor is the actual capital, Zuldazar is just the name of the entire region.

[TheFirstOnes]

Zuldazar's the region, my dude.

[Deleted]

I call it Bulbasaur.

[ashblond]

Zul means great in troll right? Dazar apparently means city.

Zul was the prophet and now a boss in Uldir.

[TheImperios]

Instead of Zul'Dazar? In according to the tradition of other troll cities?

We have Zul'Gurub, Zul'Aman, Zul'Farrak, Zul'Drak. Why is Zuldazar suddenly not following this tradition? In fact, Zul'Dazar should very well be the first city named this way thus starting the tradition, due to the history of Zandalari Trolls.

Am I missing something?

As a linguist, here are a few potential in-universe explanations:

* Despite speaking the same language, the Zandalari may have a slightly different writing system compared to the other trolls; perhaps the usage of apostrophes is an innovation introduced by later scribes, while using Zuldazar rather than Zul'Dazar represents a more archaic Zandali spelling. Here in Russia, older Russian cities have names like Novgorod (New City) or Belgorod (white city), while newer cities use the other, South Slavic-inspired form grad: Stalingrad, Kaliningrad.
* Because Dazar was a person, while Aman and Gurub presumably were not, different spelling rules are used. "Zul" is used both for city names and personal names: perhaps the form "Zul'Dazar" was a variant name for the king himself, something like "Dazar the Great", while "Zuldazar" referred to the city only. Here in Russian, we have slightly different spelling rules for the town Pushkin, and the poet it was named after,
* Perhaps the spelling Zuldazar as opposed to Zul'Dazar is merely a mistake of ancient non-troll translators, who did not understand the meaning of Zandali words and simply transcribed them into their languages like Darnassian or Common. Agian, when we look at Slavic city names, the Serbian capital Beograd is rendered in English as Belgrade, an archaic and imprecise spelling, while Stalingrad's English spelling is pretty close to its Russian pronounciation.

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Because Dazar'alor is the actual capital, Zuldazar is just the name of the entire region.

Zuldazar is the city (as well as its outskirts), Dazar'alor is just the northern bit. The port with the transmog guys and whatnot is not Dazar'alor.

[Powerogue]

The term "Zul" as a prefix is generally taken to be akin to the adjective "mighty" or "great." So Zul'jin would be "Great Jin" and Zul'Gurub would be "Great Gurub." "Jin" itself is often taken to mean "leader" or "master" - so Zul'jin's full name would be "Great Leader" or something akin to that. Zuldazar would basically be "Great Dazar," a testament to Dazar as the founder and first king of Zandalar.

Mommy troll: What should we name our son?
Daddy troll: Zul!
Mommy troll: Great! Zul'what?
Daddy troll: Just Zul. 'Cause he's the greatest.

And thus, Mr. and Mrs. Tray'tor had their minds made up.

[Feanoro]

Why darnassus is called like so

Because it was inspired by the Greek myths that involve Mount Parnassus near Delphi, which was sacred to Apollo and Dionysus, home of the Muses, and where Orpheus was taught music.