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All Country-Name Etymologies

Can you name the countries based on the etymologies provided?
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Alemannic
Europe
The name Suito
Switzerland
 
 
 
Anglicized from French
Asia
Land of Kambojas
Cambodia
 
 
 
Anglicized Late Latin
Europe
Land of the Franks
France
 
 
 
Arabic
Asia
The two seas
Bahrain
Africa
Moons
Comoros
Asia
Fortress built near water
Kuwait
Africa
Mussa Ben Mbiki
Mozambique
Asia
Settled people
Oman
Asia
Arabia of Happiness
Saudi Arabia
Africa
Land of the black people
Sudan
Asia
Self descriptive, based on the fact that it is a union of separate entities
United Arab Emirates
Asia
Right-hand side
Yemen
 
 
 
Bengali
Asia
Country of Bengal
Bangladesh
 
 
 
Berber
Africa
Land of God
Morocco
Africa
Zenaga tribe
Senegal
 
 
 
Bislama
Oceania
Our land
Vanuatu
 
 
 
Byzantine Greek
Europe
Land of the Ros
Russia
 
 
 
Celtic
Europe
Neighbor, battle cry, or to shout
Germany
 
 
 
Celtic and German
Europe
Little fortress
Luxembourg
 
 
 
Chinese
Asia
Sun-origin
Japan
Asia
Tall and beautiful
North Korea | South Korea
Asia
Terraced Bay
Taiwan
 
 
 
Cueva
Americas
Place of an abundance of fish or abundance of butterflies
Panama
 
 
 
Dutch
Europe
Lowlands
Netherlands
Oceania
New sea land
New Zealand
 
 
 
East Turkic and Persian
Asia
Land of forty tribes
Kyrgyzstan
 
 
 
English
Africa
Self descriptive, based on its government style and position on its continent
Central African Republic
Europe
Self-descriptive, based on the governing style and the people who live there
Czech Republic
Africa
Self descriptive, based on its location relative to the equator
Equatorial Guinea
Oceania
The name of the guy who discovered it
Marshall Islands
Americas
The day they were discovered
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Africa
Self-descriptive, based on its position on the continent of Africa
South Africa
Africa
Self-descriptive, based on the fact that it is below Sudan
South Sudan
Africa
Land of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Tanzania
Europe
Self descriptive, based on the fact that it is a union of separate entities
United Kingdom
Americas
Self descriptive, based on the fact that it is a union of separate entities
United States
Africa
Land of the Zambezi
Zambia
 
 
 
English and Spanish
Americas
Saint Christopher and the Lady of our Snows
St. Kitts and Nevis
 
 
 
Ewe
Africa
Land beside the water or land behind the sea
Togo
 
 
 
French
Africa
Shrimp
Cameroon
Africa
Coast of a previous export
Ivory Coast
Americas
La grenade
Granada
Africa
The finance minister to King Louis XV of France
Seychelles
 
 
 
German
Europe
Eastern March
Austria
Europe
Light stone
Liechtenstein
Europe
Sorb tribe
Serbia
 
 
 
Gothic
Europe
Dusty mud
Moldova
 
 
 
Greek
Asia
Land of the Armenioi
Armenia
Asia
Cypress or henna
Cyprus
Asia
Indian Islands
Indonesia
Europe
Bull
Italy
Europe
Honey
Malta
Oceania
Small Islands
Micronesia
Europe
Single dwelling
Monaco
Europe
Tall ones, or the highlanders
North Macedonia
 
 
 
Guarani
Americas
Place of a local tribe or crowned river
Paraguay
 
 
 
Hebrew
Asia
Descend
Jordan
 
 
 
Ikirundi
Africa
Land of the Ikirundi speakers
Burundi
 
 
 
Iroquoian
Americas
Village
Canada
 
 
 
Italian
Americas
Silvery
Argentina
Africa
Land of the Red Sea
Eritrea
Europe
The name of the founder of this country
San Marino
Americas
Little Venice
Venezuela
 
 
 
Kanuri
Africa
Lake
Chad
 
 
 
Kikuyu
Africa
Land of the white mountain
Kenya
 
 
 
Latin
Europe
Land of the White
Albania
Europe
Land of Belgae
Belgium
Americas
Land of Bolivar
Bolivia
Americas
Sunday island
Dominica
Africa
Home of ka and Ptah
Egypt
Africa
Land of the Blacks
Ethiopia
Africa
Free
Liberia
Europe
Roman realm
Romania
Americas
Saint Lucy
Saint Lucia
Asia
Land of Turks
Turkey
Europe
Hill of soothsayers
Vatican City
 
 
 
Latin and German
Europe
Running water and duke land
Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
 
 
Latin and Greek
Europe
Beautiful port or hot port
Portugal
 
 
 
Latinization of French
Africa
Land of this country's capital
Algeria
 
 
 
Latinization of Old English
Europe
Land of the Aesti
Estonia
 
 
 
Lucayan
Americas
Large upper middle island
Bahamas
 
 
 
Malay
Asia
East east
East Timor
 
 
 
Malay and Arabic
Asia
There, the Abode of Peace
Brunei
 
 
 
Malinke and Bamana
Africa
Hippo
Mali
 
 
 
Mandinkan
Africa
The name of a river
Gambia
 
 
 
Middle Persian
Asia
Land of the wolves
Georgia
Asia
Lowlands
Iraq
 
 
 
More and Dioula
Africa
Land of honest men
Burkina Faso
 
 
 
Nahuatl
Americas
Forest
Guatemala
Americas
Sun
Mexico
 
 
 
Nama
Africa
Land of the land where there is nothing
Namibia
 
 
 
Navarro-Aragonese
Europe
Scrubland
Andorra
New Latin
Oceania
Southern Land
Australia
 
 
 
Norman French
Europe
Island of Hyraxes
Spain
 
 
 
Old Norse
Europe
Land of ice
Iceland
 
 
 
Old Persian
Europe
Arachosia or Helmand River
Croatia
 
 
 
Persian
Asia
Land of Atrophates
Azerbaijan
Asia
Land of the free/nomads
Kazakhstan
 
 
 
Phoenician
Africa
Land of Tanith
Tunisia
 
 
 
Portuguese
Africa
Land of the Ndongo
Angola
Americas
Bearded ones
Barbados
Americas
Red hot embers
Brazil
Africa
Green Cape
Cape Verde
Africa
The name of a kingdom of Bantu peoples
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Republic of the Congo
Africa
Cloak
Gabon
Africa
Corruption of Ghana
Guinea
Africa
Saint Thomas and the prince
Sao Tome and Principe
Africa
Lion mountains
Sierra Leone
 
 
 
Portuguese and Unknown
Africa
Corruption of the word Ghana and the name of the clan Bossassun
Guinea-Bissau
 
 
 
Proto-Celtic
Europe
The fertile place
Ireland
 
 
 
Proto-Indo-European
Europe
People of one's own kin
Sweden
 
 
 
Quechua, Aymara, or Mapuche
Americas
Cold, snow, depths, or where the land ends
Chile
 
 
 
Russian
Europe
White Russia
Belarus
 
 
 
Samoan
Oceania
Southern
Tonga
 
 
 
Sanskrit
Asia
Land of the Horsemen
Afghanistan
Asia
End of Tibet
Bhutan
Asia
Indus river
India
Asia
The name of the peninsula it is on
Malaysia
Asia
Garland of islands
Maldives
Asia
Lion city
Singapore
Asia
Holy Island
Sri Lanka
 
 
 
Serbian
Europe
Field of blackbird
Kosovo
 
 
 
Shona
Africa
House of stones
Zimbabwe
 
 
 
Slavic
Europe
Slav
Slovakia | Slovenia
Europe
Land, country
Ukraine
 
 
 
Sogdian
Asia
Land of the Turk-like
Turkmenistan
 
 
 
Sotho
Africa
Land of Basotho speakers
Lesotho
 
 
 
Spanish
Americas
Ancient and Bearded
Antigua and Barbuda
Americas
Wallace
Belize
Americas
Land of Columbus
Colombia
Americas
Rich coast
Costa Rica
Americas
Republic of Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Americas
Equator
Ecuador
Americas
The Savior
El Salvador
Americas
Depths
Honduras
Americas
Merger of Nicarao and the word for water
Nicaragua
Asia
Lands of Prince Philip of Asturias
Philippines
Oceania
The name of a rich Biblical king
Solomon Islands
 
 
 
Spanish and unknown
Americas
Holy trinity and tobacco
Trinidad and Tobago
 
 
 
Swazi
Africa
Land of the Swazi
Eswatini
 
 
 
Swedish
Europe
Land of the Finns
Finland
 
 
 
Taino
Americas
Abundant fertile land or great place
Cuba
 
 
 
Taino/Arawak
Americas
Mountainous land
Haiti
Americas
Land of wood and water
Jamaica
 
 
 
Tayy
Asia
Land of the Arabs
Tajikistan
 
 
 
Thai
Asia
Land of the Thai
Thailand
 
 
 
Tibeto-Burman
Asia
Those who domesticate cattle
Nepal
 
 
 
Tongan
Oceania
Look out
Fiji
 
 
 
Tswana
Africa
Country of the equal
Botswana
 
 
 
Tuareg
Africa
Flowing water
Niger | Nigeria
 
 
 
Turkish
Europe
Bulgars
Bulgaria
Europe
Ten-arrows
Hungary
 
 
 
Turkish and Persian
Asia
Home of the free
Uzbekistan
 
 
 
Unknown
Asia
Land of the Burmans
Myanmar
Asia
The name of the inhabitants of the Yelang kingdom
China
Europe
The Danish forest
Denmark
Africa
Land of Tehuti
Djibouti
Africa
Strong warrior king
Ghana
Europe
Old woman
Greece
Asia
God persists and rules
Israel
Europe
Latvian plus ija
Latvia
Asia
White or milk
Lebanon
Africa
The name of a local tribe
Libya
Africa
Corruption of Mogadishu
Madagascar
Africa
Flaming water, or tongues of fire
Malawi
Americas
Either the word river or the chieftain of a local tribe
Peru
Asia
The town of Zubara
Qatar
Americas
Surinen peoples
Suriname
Asia
Syriac
Syria
Americas
Shellfish water, or proceed from a local bird
Uruguay
 
 
 
Unknown indigenous language
Americas
Land of many waters
Guyana
 
 
 
Urdu or Persian
Asia
Land of the pure
Pakistan
 
 
 
Venetian
Europe
Black mountain
Montenegro
 
 
 
Yoruba
Africa
Home of Vexation
Benin
 
 
 
x
Asia
Land of the free
Iran
Oceania
Gilbert Islands
Kiribati
Europe
To unite
Lithuania
Asia
Eternal sky fire
Mongolia
Oceania
I go to the beach
Nauru
Europe
Northern way
Norway
Oceania
Indirect replies
Palau
Europe
Land of the Polans
Poland
Africa
Big or expand
Rwanda
Oceania
Holy center
Samoa
Africa
Land of cattle herders or the land of Samaale
Somalia
Oceania
Eight standing with each other
Tuvalu
Africa
Bundle, or standing in a bundle
Uganda
Asia
South Viet
Vietnam
1 Comments
+1
Level 86
Apr 19, 2023
Good quiz, but the Bahamas is not in Oceania.