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Encyclopedia: List of country name etymologies
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Pages in category "Country name etymology". The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may sometimes be slightly out of date...
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This is a list of countries with their name origins. See also: List of subnational name etymologies, Placename etymology, political entities named after people * Afghanistan - Possibly from the Sanskrit 'Upa-Ghana-Stan', "land of the allied tribes" * Albania - land of the highlanders.
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A Afghanistan ::The meaning of the word Afghan remains unknown. One explanation derives it from Apakan, an 8th or 9th century Iran ian ruler. Others point out a 3rd century Sassanid reference to "Abgan", Dahomey (former name): Named after the principal ethnic group of the country.
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The placename Aran may refer to: The Aran Islands across the mouth of Galway Bay, Ireland or the largest island in that group The Irish Earls of Arran (sic) take their title from the Aran Islands Aran Fawddwy, a mountain in north Wales Aran River, in France Aran, Aghjabadi, Azerbaijan Aran, Lerik...
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This list covers English language country names with their etymologies. Some of these include notes on indigenous names and their etymologies.
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Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "List_of_country_name_etymologies" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_name_ etymologies, used under the GNU Free Documentation License...
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Palestine - from the Roman name for the country, Romania - 'Roman realm". As a country name, a neologism - When the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia were first unified, 'Romania' was chosen to honor the ancient Romans, from who moden Romanians tend to claim descent.
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List of country name etymologies. This is a list of English language country names with their etymologies. Some of these are followed by native names and their etymologies. Countries in italics no longer exist as sovereign political entities.
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