list covers English-language country names with their etymologies. Some of these include notes on indigenous names and their etymologies. Countries in...
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Self-descriptive. See France at List of country-name etymologies and List of continent-name etymologies. Bassas da India, part of the French Southern and Antarctic...
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Supercontinent. Toponymy Etymology Onomastics List of country-name etymologies Lists of etymologies List of river name etymologies Martin Litchfield West...
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List of countries and dependencies by population List of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme List of country-name etymologies List...
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naming pattern has been as follows: Native tribal group → River → Territory → State List of Canadian provincial and territorial name etymologies List...
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This is a list of countries and dependent territories named after people. List of country name etymologies List of country subdivisions named after people...
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This is a list of etymological lists. List of computer term etymologies List of band name etymologies List of chemical element name etymologies Non-loanwords...
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Language portal Music portal Lists of etymologies List of bands named after other performers' songs List of original names of bands "3 Doors Down Fun Facts :...
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district). List of country-name etymologies List of etymologies of administrative divisions § Sweden (historical provinces, and counties) Rus' (name) "Sweden"...
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This article lists the various etymologies (origins) of the names of rivers around the world. Apies: from Afrikaans meaning "little apes". Berg: from...
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indigenous names and their etymologies. Some of these etymologies are uncertain. The former capitals also have their etymologies listed in this article. Contents: ...
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languages List of countries named after people List of country-name etymologies List of country names in various languages List of countries that include...
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of the signer's chest. Portals: China History Politics Language Little China (ideology) Chinese romanization List of country name etymologies Names of...
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for the creation and location of so many counties in Georgia was that a country farmer, rancher, or lumberman should be able to travel to the legal county...
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continuator of Regino of Prüm. A number of alternative etymologies have been suggested. These are derived from the "anti-Normanist" school of thought in Russian...
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place names List of country-name etymologies Little China (ideology) Carr, Michael (1 March 1992). "Wa Wa Lexicography". International Journal of Lexicography...
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This article lists the etymologies of the names of the provinces and territories of Canada. Acadia (French: Acadie): origin disputed: Credited to Florentine...
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This is a list of the origins of the names of states and union territories of India. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (A): Andaman: Italian traveler Niccolò...
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see List of chemical elements naming controversies Harper, Douglas. "chromium". Online Etymology Dictionary. Harper, Douglas. "iron". Online Etymology Dictionary...
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to the Poles and their country). Endonyms and most exonyms for Poles and Poland derive from the name of the West Slavic tribe of Polans (Polanie), while...
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placename etymology List of country name etymologies Territorial evolution of Germany Diutisc or similar, from Proto-Germanic *Þeudiskaz, meaning "of the people"...
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Gaul. In Thai the Name for France is ฝรั่งเศส (Farang-set) List of country-name etymologies Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (OUP 1966), p. 391...
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Of the 149 cities, sixteen are named in honor of an individual while twelve are named after saints. List of Philippine provincial name etymologies Chamberlain...
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The names of most Brazilian states are based on Portuguese placenames, while others are based on indigenous (often Tupi–Guarani) and a few European languages...
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Many of the etymologies of Romanian counties are Romanian interpretations of Slavonic names (e.g.: Gorj and Dolj), as the administration documents in the...
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This article provides a collection of the etymologies of the names of the states of Mexico. Jimenez Gonzalez, Victor Manuel (2015). Chihuahua, Guía de...
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the etymologies of the names of cities across Canada. Canada portal History portal Canadian provincial and territorial name etymologies List of Canadian...
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jambangan (Malay for "place of flowers") or sampaga (for "flower").[better source needed] List of Philippine city name etymologies Findlay, Alexander George...
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Guarani language (redirect from History of the Guarani language)
subject to varied interpretations. (See: List of country-name etymologies.) Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Guarani: Mayma yvypóra...
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Afghan (ethnonym) (redirect from Origins of the name Afghanistan)
mean "original". List of country name etymologies Name of Afghanistan Huang, Guiyou (30 December 2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature...
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