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Countries Named After Cities
These countries' names all have it's origin from cities, sometimes inside their territory, sometimes outside of it. How many can you name?
Only countries where it's proved that the country's name comes from a city, not the other way 'round
Not counting the city-states Monaco, Singapore and Vatican City
Not necessarily a complete list
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Last updated: July 1, 2025
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| First submitted | January 2, 2024 |
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- "Guinea-Bissau" was named after the city of Bissau.
- "Syria" is named after the region of "Assyria" which was named after the city of "Assur"
- "Maldives" was named after the city/island of Male.
- "Iraq" is generally considered to originate from the Sumerian "Uruk" (this is occasionally contested)
- "El Salvador" was likely named so because of "San Salvador" (the city name came first by 300 years, but it's unclear whether the country was purposefully named after the city or just in concert with it)
Guinea-Bissau is already on here, so i think I'll just leave it there ;)
Maldives and El Salvador I decided to keep them out because it's unclear whether the country's name descended from a city or the other way 'round
Iraq is kind of the same because it's also unclear if it descends from "Uruk" (city) or "Erak" (lowlands in middle persian)
Syria however I overlooked, and because it's pretty clear that Assur is the origin, I'll take it in