Country Name Etymologies #1 - Statistics

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Hint Country % Correct
Named after Simón Bolívar Bolivia
94%
Named after Christopher Columbus Colombia
93%
"Land of the Franks" France
91%
Describes its position at the south of a continent South Africa
87%
"White Russia" Belarus
77%
"The Savior" in Spanish El Salvador
76%
"Rich Coast" in Spanish Costa Rica
73%
"Land of the Indus River" India
73%
Named after King Philip II of Spain Philippines
69%
Combines Tanganyika and Zanzibar Tanzania
68%
"Low lands" Netherlands
65%
From the Latin word for "Free" Liberia
58%
"Black Mountain" in Venetian Montenegro
55%
Based on Marco Polo's rendering of "Sun Origin" Japan
46%
Named after a province in the Netherlands New Zealand
33%
Named "Little Venice" by Amerigo Vespucci Venezuela
32%
Taken from the Latin for "Southern" Australia
26%
"Land of the Aryans" Iran
26%
Means "Lion City" Singapore
25%
Named after the Biblical figure Jacob Israel
24%
Incorrectly called "Land of the Moors" Mauritania
21%
From the Greek for "small islands" F. S. Micronesia
20%
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