Statistics for Country Name Etymologies #2

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Hint	Country	% Correct
"Equator" in Spanish	Ecuador	98%
Describes its position in the middle of the continent	Central African Republic	70%
A derivation of Marrakesh, the former capital	Morocco	70%
Describes its importance to the trade in elephant tusks	Ivory Coast	69%
Derived from Latin. Julius Caesar used it to refer to all tribes east of the Rhine.	Germany	64%
Named for a river that drains into the Dead Sea	Jordan	62%
A portmanteau of Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan	Pakistan	61%
Spanish for "silvery"	Argentina	59%
Named after the second highest mountain in Africa	Kenya	56%
"Village" in the Iroquois language	Canada	50%
Named after Maurice of Nassau, leader of the Netherlands	Mauritius	50%
Sanskrit for "holy island"	Sri Lanka	50%
"Indian Islands" in Greek	Indonesia	49%
German for "light stone"	Liechtenstein	43%
Named after a rich Biblical king	Solomon Islands	32%
"Lion Mountains"	Sierra Leone	31%
Combination of the country's peninsula and its ruling royal family	Saudi Arabia	27%
Named for a Viking tribe that settled along the Black Sea	Russia	24%
Spanish for "old" and "bearded"	Antigua and Barbuda	23%
An adaptation of its former name: "The Gilbert Islands"	Kiribati	20%
Variation of the Spanish for "low sea"	Bahamas	10%