Country Name Etymologies #2 - Statistics

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Hint	Country	% Correct
"Equator" in Spanish	Ecuador	99%
A derivation of Marrakesh, the former capital	Morocco	82%
A portmanteau of Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan	Pakistan	81%
Describes its importance to the trade in elephant tusks	Ivory Coast	80%
Describes its position in the middle of the continent	Central African Republic	79%
Named for a river that drains into the Dead Sea	Jordan	78%
Spanish for "silvery"	Argentina	76%
Derived from Latin. Julius Caesar used it to refer to all tribes east of the Rhine.	Germany	75%
Named after the second highest mountain in Africa	Kenya	74%
Named after Maurice of Nassau, leader of the Netherlands	Mauritius	68%
Sanskrit for "holy island"	Sri Lanka	68%
"Village" in the Iroquois language	Canada	66%
"Indian Islands" in Greek	Indonesia	64%
German for "bright stone"	Liechtenstein	53%
Named after a rich Biblical king	Solomon Islands	51%
Named for a Viking tribe that settled along the Black Sea	Russia	50%
"Lion Mountains"	Sierra Leone	50%
Spanish for "old" and "bearded"	Antigua and Barbuda	49%
An adaptation of its former name: "The Gilbert Islands"	Kiribati	44%
Combination of the country's peninsula and its ruling royal family	Saudi Arabia	42%

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