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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Portuguese sailors referred to this stretch of the African coast as "Serra da Leoa," the “Lion Mountain,” later translated to Italian on some maps.	Sierra Leone	97%
From the Latin "romanus," meaning “citizen of Rome.”	Romania	92%
The essential word of the country’s name derived from an Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci.	United States of America	86%
Probably from the Iroquoian word "kanata," meaning “village” or settlement.”	Canada	74%
The first part of the name derived from an historical association with the Huns, and the second from a Latinized form of Byzantine Greek, "Oungroi."	Hungary	72%
Asian coastal country named, according to legend, from an expression, “Baru nah!” (“That’s it!”) uttered by founder Awang Alak Tetatar.	Brunei	71%
From Greek, “Indian Island.”	Indonesia	70%
Derived possibly from "Biru," either the name of a local ruler living in contemporary Panama, or a (non-existent) ethnic group thought to live along the Pacific coast further south.	Peru	70%
South American country named for a circle of latitude, sometimes called the great circle.	Ecuador	69%
Possibly from the Sumerian city of Uruk.	Iraq	62%
The Greek name appears twice in the Iliad, according to Pliny the Elder derived from a man named Aethiops.	Ethiopia	56%
From an English interpretation of the Portuguese "Rio dos Camarões" (Shrimp River).	Cameroon	53%
Named for an empire in West Africa, located northwest of the current country.	Ghana	44%
Former name derived from a Portuguese interpretation of an expression of the Kikongo language, "Ndzere," meaning “the river that swallows all rivers.”	Zaire	24%

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