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European Countries by Etymology

When given a definition of a country's name, guess the country.
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Last updated: February 6, 2023
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Name Meaning
Country
Éiru, an old word for the matron goddess of the island
Ireland
Literally "land of the Greeks"
Greece
"Land of the Svea"
Sweden
"Warm port" in Latin
Portugal
One possible meaning is "shrub-covered land"
Andorra
Might be related to "khrebet," a word for "mountain chain"
Croatia
"Black Mountain"
Montenegro
Named after a Slavic tribe in central Bohemia
Czech Republic
"Land of the Franks"
France
Named for its icy fjords
Iceland
"Land of the Slavs"
Slovakia
"Land of the Slovenes"
Slovenia
Roman name for the northern part of Gaul
Belgium
Possibly a native name for "waterside dwellers"
Estonia
One theory is that it means "family kinship" and "alliance"
Serbia
Name Meaning
Country
"Land of young bulls"
Italy
"Lower" lands
Netherlands
Derived from an ancient tribe, known as the Latgalians
Latvia
"Field of blackbirds"
Kosovo
The Act of Union, by the parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom
"Land of the Sami"
Finland
"Eastern realm"
Austria
Might come from the river Bosna
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The historic Principality of Moldavia
Moldova
Derived from the name of an Etruscan settlement, Vatica or Vaticum
Vatican City
Likely means "borderland"
Ukraine
"Dane" + "border"
Denmark
The Greek word "meli," meaning honey
Malta
Name of its people, "ungari"
Hungary
Old Norse for "the men who row"
Russia
Name Meaning
Country
"Highlanders" in ancient Greek
North Macedonia
"Bright stone"
Liechtenstein
"Single house"
Monaco
"The Land of Fields"
Poland
Likely derived from the ancient Illyrian tribe
Albania
"Saint Marinus"
San Marino
One theory is that it derives from a verb meaning "to pour"
Lithuania
Literally "White Russia"
Belarus
"Citizen of the Roman Empire"
Romania
Named after one of its original cantons, called Schwyz
Switzerland
"Little castle"
Luxembourg
"The men from the Bolg"
Bulgaria
"Northern way"
Norway
From an ancient name for a tribe living east of the Rhine River
Germany
Comes from the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula
Spain
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