What does your country's name mean?

What does your country's name mean?

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name of a tree

Free

Croatia

Kravata?

peng ting

Land of the Burners
>Old High German Suittes, ultimately perhaps related to swedan ‘to burn’ (cf. Old Norse svíða ‘to singe, burn’), referring to the area of forest that was burned and cleared to build

>land of the coal burners

Sun arises

Literally nothing

What does Helvetica mean?

Swamp

Lower lands.

It comes from the Franks, a tribe from today's Belgium who conquered most of today's France and gave its name to it.

Helvetians were a Celtic tribe that lived here

A fucking spic

Uncertain, but I've heard "Navel of the Moon" the most

Rowers

Land of the Calf ( Greek)


what does Frank mean
what does Helvetii mean

England basically means "Land of Titty Biscuits" in Aramaic and was given to us by groups of Canaanites who settled here in the 40th century BC

Land of the free or land of the spears, frankia.

universal power

>The United States of America
It's pretty much spelled out for you.

Sverige used to be Svearike = Realm of the Swedes.

sheep islands

Turnips?

"Eastern Empire" but more accuratley "Eastern March" because it used to be King Ottos most eastern part of his empire.

"Land of Finns" you dumb moron

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetia

Country of the Magyar's

The land of Russians
>what does Helvetii mean
The endonym Helvetii is mostly derived from a Gaulish elu-, meaning "gain, prosperity" or "multitude", cognate with Welsh elw and Old Irish prefix il-, meaning "many" or "multiple" (from the PIE root *pelh1u- "many").[6][3] The second part of the name has sometimes been interpreted as *etu-, "terrain, grassland", thus interpreting the tribal name as "rich in land"

Land of the germans

Well obviously.
Deutschland (Germanland, Land of the Germans)

New Zealand

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*New Sealand, Sealand being an Island in Denmark.

Nevermind it refers to a province in the netherlands.

>states where I've lived
Vermont (pictured): from the French "Verd Mont" - Green Mountain
Colorado: from the Spanish word meaning ruddy or reddish

Well the Dutch province also means 'Sealand' so you were right

Spain = Hispania = Hidden or Land of rabbits

Reich=Realm in English.

Land of the young long horned cattles.

From etruscan Viteliu ''young long horned cattle''

Norway - Norðvegr - The Northern Way

>Land of rabbits
In reallity it's the roman interpretation of a phoenician word that means 'dassie'

Neither Realm nor Empire are 100% correct translations depending on the context, or it would be called Holy Roman Realm

field

please don't bully

>field

Water that comes from the sea

Norwegian written language is so sexy

Shqiperia- Land of Eagles
Albania- From Greek corruption of Arbania, meaning Ar(field) ban(make) ia, so The land of field workers or Land of the peasants

Rômania = Land of the romans

well its a bunch of states
that are united
and its in america

>United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The kingdoms of Great Britain and Northern Ireland joined together to create the current country. Which doesn't make sense since Northern Ireland was never a kingdom, but it did used to be United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland before the split, which would make a bit more sense as Ireland was sort of a kingdom.

1. Scania.
2. It means 'danger' or 'damage' in some ancient Germanic language.

>what does Frank mean
Free

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>Argentina = Silvery
It comes from Argentum, which means silver.

Sadly, we don't say Norðvegr anymore. The Danes shat up our language and now we're stuck with "Norge" and "Noreg"

Nobody really knows

However, there are a bunch of explanatios:

The name "Suomi" comes from:

>zemē, a proto baltic word meaning tribe or clan

>the same root as lithuanian žmuõ, meaning human

>Suo (maa), a finnish word for a swamp. Suomi = "the land of swamps"

"Eesti" is derived from old Romans who called the people living here Aestii's

Ill tell you...from an italian motorcycle brand

It's not known.

youtube.com/watch?v=lLCEUpIg8rE

Kingdom of the Svea.

Earliest mention was from Germanica where the romans spoke of skilled ship-builders north of the baltic called "Svioner"

Some of them were also with Longobards during their invasion of Italy. Apparently Longobards were oroginally named Winnilë and were from Skania

>Home of the Thunder God
>Plain of the Gods

The land of the spears (or the daring, audacious)

something like land of the people (deutsch is derived from the old word for volk/people)

marches of the danes

I don't know.

When will you rename it?
Calling it Germany seems pretty backwards for such a progressive and diverse country.

"Ohio got its name from the Iroquois word, “O-Y-O,” meaning “great river.” The Iroquois Indians had begun to settle between the Ohio River and Great Lakes by 1650, although it is estimated that only a few hundred lived in present-day Ohio during any one period."

Catalunya means "The Land of the White Superior Free Men"

t. ladyboi

> country
United States is from the 13 colonies that United against the Brits
America comes from explorer Amerigo vespuci
> my state
No one knows how California got it's name or it's etymology

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Spanish?

Florida - spanish for "land of flowers"
Virginia - new land named for the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I
United States of America - people united in cooperation in the land named for Amerigo Vespucci

>tfw fought with the Colonies for independence, but too independent to join the US until NY and NH learned some manners
Fun fact: Vermont is one of only four US states to have been recognized as an independent country prior to its admission into the Union.

Equador

It likely comes from the Iroquois word "kanata" which means settlement.

The explorer Jacques Cartier was led to "kanata" by local Iroquois while he was exploring the area that is now eastern Quebec, the name of the village was Stadacona but Cartier referred to the entire area as "Canada" in his journal based on what the Iroquois were saying.

ECK YOO DOOOOOOOOOOOR

youtube.com/watch?v=9cQlVww0zKo

*Equator

I thought it mean the Land of the Eight Second Freedom

>Several other origins have been suggested for the word "California", including Spanish, Latin, South Asian, and Aboriginal American origins. All of these are disputed.

Kek

when will you rename yours? You aren't even our Ostmark anymore

>Called Bajamar by Spanish Explorers
>Baja means Low/Short/Shallow & Mar means Sea (Shallow Sea)
>Spain leaves
>Dumb Anglos come and Anglicize it from Bajamar to Bahama
>Later, "The Islands of Bahama"
>Then shortened to "The Bahamas"
>Officially called The Commonwealth, of The Bahamas.

"The end of the world"; also can be: "the most far away place in the world"

>Dumb Anglos come and Anglicize it
Welcome to North America

Slovenia, because Slovenes live in it

What is the origin of the name for the Slovene people?

Some say it's from an old word for word but it's not known for sure.

Ireland, which in Latin was Hibernia, which the Roman's christened the land of Winter because it rains all summer

The bellybutton of the moon
Mexicas were pretty eccentric people

>sLOVEniaboo
Yeah, that's what I thought it was. Same with Slovakia, I believe. For the longest time, I thought it came from "slava," which I believe means something like "glory."

kek

Yes, before the Hungarians settled in Pannonia, we were connected.

>"slava," which I believe means something like "glory."
That's correct. I guess that's more popular among those who call Slavs "Slavjani" (or something like that), we say Slovani.

>country
"Hilltownfolkland" or "Freepeopleland", depending on who you ask.

>state
"Nine villages":
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagari_(settlement)
It was some sort of confederacy of settlements by a people migrating across the Malacca Straits once.

Which was named for its wood's colour apparently (< "brasa" = ember)

I don't care what "rabbit" actually refers to () but it sure sounds cute.

>muddy mouth
No, that would be Muara Lumpur. Kuala means "river confluence".

>São Paulo
>St. Small

Fieldland or Gladeland

Comes from Terra Australis, which is southern land in latin