Why is it called The Gambia instead of just Gambia?
Why is it called The Gambia instead of just Gambia?
Grayson Garcia
Elijah Lee
Because it is THE Gambia
Andrew Watson
You know why. You saw the video.
Xavier Murphy
Better question is: Why does it exist?
Carson Harris
Same reason it's called The Netherlands, I suppose.
Isaac Wilson
What a meme-country
Landon Moore
Why is it called The Batman instead of just Batman?
Brayden Scott
>there can only be one
just look what happened to Guinea the moment it didn't copyright its name. Fucking Guinea-Bissau leeching notoreity
Logan Collins
because he is called after a specific bat who was his pet
Jordan Wilson
because of Zambia
Jayden King
Why do people say """""the""""" Ukraine
Camden Ross
Connor Gutierrez
Officially its called Netherlands
Ayden Stewart
Why is it called "The United States of America"
Jaxson Johnson
Colonial bullshit
Landon Bennett
No, officially it's called the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Isaiah Taylor
croatia
phillipines
greece
Liam Rodriguez
Because Ukraine is originally a geographical name meaning "outskirts", so in English it used with "the" like the Alps or the Atlantic ocean. In Russia it is used with "on" preposition instead of "in" for the same reason and Ukrainians are always assblasted because of that.
Tyler King
usefulenglish.ru
Some places have names which go with the definite article (say, the rockies). When a place like that lends its name to a country, this convention sticks, at least for a while.
Lucas Moore
Linok
Nathan Baker
The Netherlands is one of the countries that make up the Kingdom of the Netherlands though. Technically they're two different things, one is a country that belongs to a state. It's similar to England and the UK.
Samuel Hughes
im gonna keep calling it holland
Michael Mitchell
because it's a country based on the Gambia river
Gabriel Gutierrez
So do we
Brayden Rogers
No, the Northern Netherlands is what NL is today more or less, and the Southern Netherlands is today's Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Northern French regions of French Flanders, Picardie and Artois.
Ryder Allen
>lol why does this bullshit country exist, it has no right to, just fucking arbitrary borders drawn on a map xDDD
>said the Israeli
Joshua Ortiz
ditto
Brandon Edwards
Probably the same reason why yours exist
Isaiah Taylor
Why is it called "The Israel"?
James Myers
Lowcountries is more fitting