Statistics for Country Names from their Etymology

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Answer Stats

MeaningCountry% Correct
Land of ColumbusColombia
97%
Land of BolivarBolivia
95%
EquatorEcuador
95%
Southern LandAustralia
94%
Land of the FranksFrance
94%
The SaviorEl Salvador
93%
Northern WayNorway
93%
Rich CoastCosta Rica
92%
Derived from the Italian for "Little Venice"Venezuela
92%
Land beside the Silvery RiverArgentina
91%
White RussiaBelarus
90%
"Land of the Aryans" or "Land of the Free"Iran
89%
"Black Mountain" in the Venetian dialect of ItalianMontenegro
89%
Low LandsNetherlands
89%
Roman RealmRomania
89%
From the Iroquoian word for "village". Clue: small name for a big country.Canada
88%
Sun OriginJapan
87%
An adaptation of "Gilbert", from the former European name the "Gilbert Islands". Clue: begins with 'K'Kiribati
87%
Indigenous name is Aotearoa meaning "Land of the Long White Cloud". Clue: named after a Dutch provinceNew Zealand
87%
"Land of the Pure" in Urdu and PersianPakistan
87%
Land of the ZambeziZambia
86%
From the Greek "Melita" (Μελίτη) meaning "honey"Malta
85%
Land of Tanganyika and ZanzibarTanzania
85%
Country of the BangBangladesh
84%
Green CapeCape Verde
84%
"Edge, borderland" from the Slavic "kraj" or "okraina"Ukraine
84%
Land of the Kambojas, from Sanskrit "Kambojadeśa"Cambodia
83%
Little Castle. Clue: small but very luxuriousLuxembourg
83%
Probably from the Berber "mur [n] akush" (ⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ, "Land of God")Morocco
83%
"Lion City", derives from Sanskrit word simhapura (सिंहपुर)Singapore
83%
"Lion Mountains", adapted from the SpanishSierra Leone
82%
Country of the TswanaBotswana
81%
Sunday IslandDominica
81%
"Country of the Free", so named because the country was established as a homeland for freed (liberated) African-American slaves.Liberia
81%
"House of Stones", "Dzimba-dze-mabwe" in the Shona languageZimbabwe
81%
"Cloak", from the Portuguese 'Gabão', bestowed on the Komo River estuary for its supposed resemblance to a gabão, a kind of pointy-hooded overcoatGabon
80%
From the German "light stone" ("light" as in "bright").Liechtenstein
80%
"Island of Hyraxes" (a kind of rabbit), derived from the Punic ʾÎ-šəpānîm (אי שפנים). Clue: Not an island (!), and read the Punic carefullySpain
80%
From the German meaning "eastern borderland"Austria
78%
From the Taíno/Arawak Indian 'Xaymaca', "Land of wood and water". Clue: read the local name carefullyJamaica
78%
From a native term meaning "River Gir" or from Tuareg "n'eghirren" ("flowing water")Niger
78%
From the Arabic "al-Jazāʼir" (الجزائر‎, "the Islands"), a truncated form of "Jazā’ir Banī Māzġānna" (جزائر بني مازغان‎, "Islands of the sons of Mazġannā")Algeria
77%
Likely from "baja mar" ("low" or "shallow sea")Bahamas
77%
Bearded Ones – the name may derive from the appearance of the island's fig trees or from the beards of the indigenous peopleBarbados
77%
Land of the Rundi SpeakersBurundi
77%
El(God) Persists / RulesIsrael
77%
From the Hebrew and Canaanite root "ירד‎ yrd" – "descend" (into the Dead Sea).Jordan
77%
From the Kikuyu "Kere Nyaga" ("White Mountain")Kenya
77%
From the Arabic diminutive form of "كوت‎" (Kut or Kout), meaning "fortress built near water"Kuwait
77%
From the Sanskrit "maladvipa" (मालदीव), meaning "garland of islands".Maldives
76%
Land of the AestiEstonia
74%
From the Turkic 'on-ogur', "(people of the) ten arrows".Hungary
74%
Land of the MoorsMauritania
74%
"Land of the Red Sea" from the Greek Erythrá Thálassa (Ἐρυθρά Θάλασσα, "Red Sea").Eritrea
73%
"Forest", from the Nahuatl "Cuauhtēmallān" (lit. "Place of Many Trees")Guatemala
70%
From the Kanuri word "tsade" ("lake")Chad
67%
Probably comes from the name of a previous Arab ruler, the sheik Mussa Ben MbikiMozambique
67%
From the Nama language meaning "Area where there is nothing"Namibia
58%

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