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Countries Named After People

Can you guess these countries named after people? The namesakes of the countries are given, try and guess the country's name!
Has to be the name the country is known by, so "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" won't work.
Translated names, i.e. Hayastan for Armenia, also do not count
Both real and legendary/mythological figures are included
Names with a (?) next to it means the claim is disputed
Quiz by Murphster45
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Last updated: September 20, 2021
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First submittedSeptember 20, 2021
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Atropates
Azerbaijan
Bung/Bang (?)
Bangladesh
Rus
Belarus
Simon Bolivar
Bolivia
Sage Kambu Swayambhuva
Cambodia
Emperor Qin
China
Christopher Columbus
Colombia
Čech
Czech Republic
Thoth
Djibouti
Saint Dominic
Dominican Republic
Saint Dominic
Dominica
Jesus Christ
El Salvador
King Mswati II
Eswatini
Hunor and/or Magor
Hungary
Jacob/Israel
Israel
Thomas Gilbert
Kiribati
Lava (?)
Laos
John Marshall
Marshall Islands
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Maurice of Nassau
Mauritius
Mussa Bin Bique
Mozambique
Nicarao
Nicaragua
Nór (?)
Norway
Birú
Peru
King Philip II
Philippines
Rus
Russia
Saint Christopher
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucy
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Marinus
San Marino
Saint Thomas
Sao Tome and Principe
Muhammad bin Saud
Saudi Arabia
Jean Moreau de Séchelles
Seychelles
King Solomon
Solomon Islands
Amerigo Vespucci
United States of America
Öz Beg Khan
Uzbekistan
Jealous1sEnvy
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Level 88
Apr 30, 2022
Haha that Djibouti one
Quizzy69
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Level 71
Apr 30, 2022
Would have been harder if not in alphabetical order
Murphster45
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Level 88
May 2, 2022
yeah in hindsight I should've changed it up
kiwiquizzer
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Level 68
May 1, 2022
Cool quiz.
iuvas
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Level 94
May 4, 2022
great quiz! nominated :)
Murphster45
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Level 88
May 4, 2022
thanks!
GrammarBeane1
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Level 82
Dec 1, 2022
wow, I would have never been able to get the Lava answer. I kept guessing island countries
Murphster45
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Level 88
Dec 2, 2022
It can be tricky! It is debated on whether or not Laos was named after the goddess Lava, which is why i put the "?" after to show the uncertainty.
Zupity
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Level 66
Apr 20, 2023
Turkey was named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Murphster45
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Level 88
Apr 21, 2023
Ataturk was granted that surname in 1934, 9 years after the country of Turkey had been founded. "Turkey", and Turks as a whole had existed for centuries before Ataturk was even born.
anthony25
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Level 59
Jun 6, 2023
Georgia? Named after St George?

Also there's various other countries named after legendary figures along the same lines as Bang, Nor, and Rus.

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