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Asian Countries by Etymology - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 558 times
- The average score is 31 of 48
Answer Stats
| Name Meaning | Country | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| "Land of the Malays" | Malaysia | 97%
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| "Land of the Mongols" in Latin | Mongolia | 97%
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| "Land of the Turkmen" | Turkmenistan | 97%
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| "Land of the Lao" | Laos | 95%
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| "The islands of Philip" | Philippines | 94%
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| Its name derives from the Indus River | India | 93%
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| Likely comes from Pliny the Elder's "Omana" | Oman | 92%
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| One theory is that the name comes from "Qin" | China | 90%
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| Derivation of Greek for "Indian islands" | Indonesia | 90%
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| "Land of the Afghans" | Afghanistan | 89%
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| "The land of the Turks" | Turkey | 89%
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| It might come from "inhabitant of Arme" | Armenia | 87%
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| "Land of Bengal" | Bangladesh | 87%
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| Comes from the ancient Greek name for the Assyrians | Syria | 85%
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| "East East" - one word is from Malay | Timor Leste | 84%
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| Anglicized form of "Kampuchea" | Cambodia | 82%
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| May come from the Sanskrit word for "garland of islands" | Maldives | 82%
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| Its name could mean "south" in Arabic | Yemen | 81%
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| "The origin of the Sun" | Japan | 79%
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| "Lion City" | Singapore | 79%
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| "End of Tibet" | Bhutan | 76%
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| Named for its southern location in the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo | South Korea | 74%
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| "The land of Aryans" | Iran | 73%
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| Named for its northern location in the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo | North Korea | 73%
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| In mythology, it derives from the ancient Hindu sage Ne | Nepal | 72%
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| The first word means "island," and the second word could mean "resplendent" | Sri Lanka | 69%
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| Its name includes the peninsula it's on, and its term for "states" | United Arab Emirates | 68%
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| The ruling dynasty + its peninsula | Saudi Arabia | 66%
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| Likely derived from the Persian name for people of the country, "gurğ" | Georgia | 63%
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| In Arabic folk, it means "fertile" | Iraq | 61%
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| It might relate to the Greek word for "copper" | Cyprus | 59%
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| Arabic for "fortress built near water" | Kuwait | 54%
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| All that is known is that it originated from the Bamar people | Myanmar | 52%
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| Its name may derive from a pre-Islamic tribe in Central Asia | Tajikistan | 52%
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| "God contends" | Israel | 45%
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| "Land of the Pure" | Pakistan | 45%
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| All that is known is that it derives from the term used for its inhabitants, "Catharrei" | Qatar | 41%
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| Arabic for "the two seas" | Bahrain | 38%
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| Literally translates to "land of the wanderers" | Kazakhstan | 37%
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| "Land of the Free" | Thailand | 36%
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| "Land of Fire" | Azerbaijan | 33%
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| The country's people + "south" | Vietnam | 29%
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| "To flow down" | Jordan | 28%
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| "Forty" + "tribes" is one theory | Kyrgyzstan | 27%
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| Named for a mountain meaning "white," due to its snow-capped peak | Lebanon | 27%
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| One possible meaning is "platform bay" | Taiwan | 26%
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| Loosely translates to "that's it!" | Brunei | 25%
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| Its name could mean "genuine man" | Uzbekistan | 19%
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