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Multiple Choice Country Etymologies
For each country, there are four options for where the name came from. Three of them are made up.
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Last updated: June 22, 2022
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| First submitted | October 2, 2021 |
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1. India
Made up by the Dutch, then anglicized by the British
Derived from the Greek word for people from the Indus River
Named after a Mughal Emperor
Derived from the Latin word for Southern Asia
2. Russia
Derived from the Rus
An English transliteration of the Russian word for taiga
Derived from a Mongol word for snow
Named after a Grand Duke of Moscow
3. Mexico
Named after the lake Mexico City resides on
Named after a Spanish conquistador
Derived from the Spanish term for 'far west'
Was a native word of the Aztecs
4. Algeria
Derived from the Latin name for Carthage
Named after the French General who conquered Algeria
The origin is completely unknown
Named after the capital of Algeria
5. New Zealand
Named after the sunken continent it resides on
Named after a Danish island
Derived from an Aboriginal word for island
Named after a Dutch province
6. Taiwan
Named after the location of a Dutch fort
An anglicized form of 'dragon tear' in Chinese
Named by the Portuguese words for 'beautiful island'
Derived from the Chinese word for Terraced Bay
7. Czechia
Named after a tribe that settled the area
Derived from a Medieval term for a unit of soldiers
Named after a famous Duke of Moravia
Named after a famous Duke of Bohemia
8. Peru
Derived from Spanish for 'royal hilltops'
Named after a Panamanian ruler
Named after a tree indigenous to Peru
Derived from the Incan name for a mountain
9. Tanzania
A portmanteau of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
A shortening of the native Tanenziania
Derived from the German word for East Africa
An anglicized name of a local ruler
10. Timor-Leste
Derived from a Malay word meaning 'split island'
A Portuguese transliteration of the Malay word for east
Named after a Muslim leader who sailed to Timor-Leste
Named after a Portuguese Viceroy
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