What does your country's name mean, Sup Forums?
Literal Translation of Country Names
Liam Gomez
Carson Cox
united provinces in north america
Caleb Wood
denmark means land of the DANES
Cooper Ross
>Finland
>LAND
Joshua Richardson
based iceland
Zachary Price
>place of refuge
They meant to say save haven or port, which is thought to be what the Phoenicians called it. A more popular theory
is that the name means "honey", due to our high quality bees and honey.
Christopher Fisher
This for Asia
Carter Scott
Dunno
Camden Richardson
For America
Hudson Diaz
And the rest!
Carter Morris
Why would they base it on the anglo names and not the actual names?
Ryder Edwards
Land of the Sherden
Noah Gomez
really?
Leo Wilson
Ethan Carter
Supposedly "rowers"
Logan Cooper
Finnish name is Soumi (=land). The rest of the world uses the Swedish name "land of the Finns"
Jacob Evans
So in what language does Latvia mean "Forest Clearer"
Henry Walker
Jonathan Flores
Theres alot of theories so dunno what people choose.
Glad to see they use the most cool definition instead on some uninspiring or un original "land of" or some shit like that
In the navel of the moon sounds cool
Asher Harris
Actually, nevermind.
I've always just assumed that Norway and Sweden got their names from the same origin since they sound almost the same.
Jonathan Robinson
Well
James Thomas
On the other hand sweden and russia would have the same name if the translations used the finnish names
Really makes you think
Oliver Collins
bump
Colton Garcia
This is not correct...
It translates into "The realm of the Svear"
Jace Murphy
This is fucking retarded. Names can't be translated.
Jordan Harris
t. ROMAnia
Brayden Barnes
Well Rome isn't even in Romania, so my point exactly.
Ayden Anderson
ok my roma friend
Jeremiah Carter
>Chile
>Where the land ends
CAN'T MAKE THIS UP
Leo Mitchell
that sounds rad as fuck though
Robert Moore
LA LINEA DEL FIN DEL MUNDO
Christopher Rodriguez
>Iceland
>Ice Land
What did they mean by this?
Mason Gray
>land of prince Philip (Felipe) of Asturias
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Xavier Wood
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