Etymology Quizzes

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We describe the origin of the country name. You guess the country.
Such as a Rubik's ____ or Ferris _____.
Difficulty level: hard. We describe the origin of the country name. You guess the country.
Can you name the cities that are served by these airports named for people?
We describe the origin of the name. You guess the capital city.
Name these objects that are named for their inventors.
Fill the blanks in these things that are named after people.
Can you guess these places that were named after people?
Fill the blanks in these things from science and math that are named after people.
Can you guess these U.S. state capitals based on how they got their name?
Can you guess these U.S. cities based on what they are named for?
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124,012 Things Named For People #1
109,606 Country Name Etymologies #1
54,491 Country Name Etymologies #2
48,973 Airports Named for People #1
47,157 Things Named For People #2 - U.S. Centric
45,748 Things Named for Inventors
44,696 Capital City Etymologies
43,990 Places Named for People
36,114 Foods Named for Places
35,656 Things Named For People #3 - Science
23,839 U.S. State Capital Etymology
18,956 U.S. City Name Etymologies
14,655 Countries by Alternate Etymology
12,225 Airports Named for People #2
9,879 U.S. States by Alternate Etymology
9,470 Words Invented by Specific People
2,130Country Name Etymology
1,514Countries Named After People
1,212Country Name Etymology 2
1,117Etymologies of countries (picture quiz)
1,101Capital Cities Named After People
980U.S. Cities named after UK cities
974African Countries by Etymology
960Countries Named After Cities
869North American Countries by Etymology
833Etymologies of U.S. States (picture quiz)
818Band Name Etymology
792Element Etymologies: Places
768European Countries' Etymology
675More Airports Named for People
442Female First Name Etymology
432Country Name Etymology: Now with extra clue!
398European Capital Cities with Greek or Roman Etymology
360State Etymology #1
349Ten World Capitals Named for People
331Male First Name Etymology
322Capital city etymologies
309Country and Place Name Etymology Fun Times Quiz
285English Word Etymologies
258State Etymology #2
246Capital city etymologies
239US States Named for Rivers
228Country names by etymology (meaning) of native name
228State Etymology #3
212US State Etymologies
21150 Airports Named for People
210Germanic or Romance etymology #1: To see
202Etymologies of elements (picture quiz)
196All Megacities By Etymology
179Things Named for Places
156Germanic or Romance etymology #3: Fruits
152Country Names from their Etymology
147Airports Named After People - Difficult
137Company Name Etymologies
134Country Etymologys
130Canadian City Etymologies
123Etymology of US states and territories
112Portmanteau True or False
104Germanic or Romance etymology #2: To say
93Fake Etymologies
74Personal Names for European Airports
73U.S. Commercial Airports Named for People #1
71Capital Cities by Alternate Etymology
49Canadian Provincial and Territorial Name Etymologies
47Personal Names for Asian Airports
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