Etymology Quizzes

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We describe the origin of the country name. You guess the country.
Such as a Rubik's ____ or Ferris _____.
Difficulty level: hard. We describe the origin of the country name. You guess the country.
These objects were named for their inventors. Guess what they are.
We describe the origin of the name. You guess the capital city.
Fill the blanks in these things from science and math that are named after people.
Can you name the cities that are served by these airports named for people?
Fill the blanks in these things that are named after people.
Can you guess these places that were named after people?
Can you guess these U.S. state capitals based on how they got their name?
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159,007 Country Name Etymologies #1
157,340 Things Named For People #1
86,709 Country Name Etymologies #2
72,755 Things Named for Inventors
63,400 Capital City Etymologies
56,004 Airports Named for People #1
54,084 Things Named For People #3 - Science
52,672 Things Named For People #2 - U.S. Centric
48,827 Places Named for People
38,320 Foods Named for Places
36,991 U.S. State Capital Etymology
24,434 U.S. Cities Named for People - Sudden Death
21,549 U.S. City Name Etymologies
16,717 Countries by Alternate Etymology
15,473 Airports Named for People #2
15,099 Words Invented by Specific People
13,926 Terms Coined 1900–1930
11,378 U.S. States by Alternate Etymology
3,011 Capital Cities Named After People
2,998 US states named after a person
2,941 Country Name Etymology 2
2,807 African Countries by Etymology
2,534 Country Name Etymology
2,095 Terms Coined 1931-1969
1,957 Countries Named After People
1,684 Terms Coined Since 1970
1,425 Etymologies of countries (picture quiz)
1,369 North American Countries by Etymology
1,297 European Countries by Etymology
1,201 U.S. Cities named after UK cities
1,047 Etymologies of U.S. States (picture quiz)
1,035 Countries Named After Cities
978 Band Name Etymology
960 Element Etymologies: Places
936 Capitals by Etymology
935 European Countries' Etymology
794 French Cities by Etymology
721 More Airports Named for People
594 Female First Name Etymology
508 European Capital Cities with Greek or Roman Etymology
506 US State Etymologies
498 Country Name Etymology: Now with extra clue!
444 State Etymology #1
441 Male First Name Etymology
411 Ten World Capitals Named for People
407 English Word Etymologies
400 Capital city etymologies
348 Country and Place Name Etymology Fun Times Quiz
331 Capital city etymologies
314 State Etymology #2
308 US States Named for Rivers
300 All Megacities By Etymology
289 Country names by etymology (meaning) of native name
289 Germanic or Romance etymology #1: To see
270 Etymologies of elements (picture quiz)
263 State Etymology #3
247 50 Airports Named for People
223 Things Named for Places
208 Germanic or Romance etymology #3: Fruits
194 Company Name Etymologies
191 Country Names from their Etymology
180 Portmanteau True or False
169 Country Etymologys
166 Etymology of US states and territories
160 Canadian City Etymologies
152 Germanic or Romance etymology #2: To say
127 Fake Etymologies
86 Capital Cities by Alternate Etymology
77 Currencies by Etymology
63 Musician and Band Name Etymology
49 Ex-Yugoslav cities’ etymology
39 Days of the Week Etymology
26 Islamic Cities Etymology
19 Months of the Year Etymology
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