Name Meaning
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Country
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Likely comes from Pliny the Elder's "Omana"
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Oman
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Derivation of Greek for "Indian islands"
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Indonesia
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May come from the Sanskrit word for "garland of islands"
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Maldives
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Its name could mean "south" in Arabic
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Yemen
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One theory is that the name comes from "Qin"
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China
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All that is known is that it originated from the Bamar people
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Myanmar
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It might relate to the Greek word for "copper"
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Cyprus
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"Land of the Turkmen"
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Turkmenistan
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"Land of the Malays"
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Malaysia
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Named for its southern location in the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo
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South Korea
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"Land of the Mongols" in Latin
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Mongolia
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Named for a mountain meaning "white," due to its snow-capped peak
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Lebanon
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The first word means "island," and the second word could mean "resplendent"
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Sri Lanka
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"Land of the Pure"
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Pakistan
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"The land of Aryans"
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Iran
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"East East" - one word is from Malay
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Timor Leste
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Comes from the ancient Greek name for the Assyrians
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Syria
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One possible meaning is "platform bay"
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Taiwan
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Its name includes the peninsula it's on, and its term for "states"
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United Arab Emirates
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"Land of Fire"
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Azerbaijan
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Its name derives from the Indus River
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India
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Likely derived from the Persian name for people of the country, "gurğ"
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Georgia
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"Land of the Lao"
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Laos
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"Land of the Free"
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Thailand
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The country's people + "south"
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Vietnam
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"The islands of Philip"
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Philippines
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Its name may derive from a pre-Islamic tribe in Central Asia
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Tajikistan
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It might come from "inhabitant of Arme"
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Armenia
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Named for its northern location in the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo
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North Korea
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Arabic for "fortress built near water"
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Kuwait
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Anglicized form of "Kampuchea"
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Cambodia
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"Lion City"
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Singapore
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Loosely translates to "that's it!"
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Brunei
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The ruling dynasty + its peninsula
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Saudi Arabia
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"Land of Bengal"
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Bangladesh
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In Arabic folk, it means "fertile"
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Iraq
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Literally translates to "land of the wanderers"
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Kazakhstan
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"God contends"
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Israel
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Its name could mean "genuine man"
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Uzbekistan
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Arabic for "the two seas"
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Bahrain
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"The land of the Turks"
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Turkey
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"The origin of the Sun"
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Japan
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"Forty" + "tribes" is one theory
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Kyrgyzstan
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"Land of the Afghans"
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Afghanistan
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"End of Tibet"
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Bhutan
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All that is known is that it derives from the term used for its inhabitants, "Catharrei"
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Qatar
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"To flow down"
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Jordan
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In mythology, it derives from the ancient Hindu sage Ne
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Nepal
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