Asian Countries by Etymology

When given a description, guess the country's name that goes along with it.

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Name Meaning

Country

Likely comes from Pliny the Elder's "Omana"

Oman

Derivation of Greek for "Indian islands"

Indonesia

May come from the Sanskrit word for "garland of islands"

Maldives

Its name could mean "south" in Arabic

Yemen

One theory is that the name comes from "Qin"

China

All that is known is that it originated from the Bamar people

Myanmar

It might relate to the Greek word for "copper"

Cyprus

"Land of the Turkmen"

Turkmenistan

"Land of the Malays"

Malaysia

Named for its southern location in the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo

South Korea

"Land of the Mongols" in Latin

Mongolia

Named for a mountain meaning "white," due to its snow-capped peak

Lebanon

The first word means "island," and the second word could mean "resplendent"

Sri Lanka

"Land of the Pure"

Pakistan

"The land of Aryans"

Iran

"East East" - one word is from Malay

Timor Leste

Comes from the ancient Greek name for the Assyrians

Syria

One possible meaning is "platform bay"

Taiwan

Its name includes the peninsula it's on, and its term for "states"

United Arab Emirates

"Land of Fire"

Azerbaijan

Its name derives from the Indus River

India

Likely derived from the Persian name for people of the country, "gurğ"

Georgia

"Land of the Lao"

Laos

"Land of the Free"

Thailand

The country's people + "south"

Vietnam

"The islands of Philip"

Philippines

Its name may derive from a pre-Islamic tribe in Central Asia

Tajikistan

It might come from "inhabitant of Arme"

Armenia

Named for its northern location in the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo

North Korea

Arabic for "fortress built near water"

Kuwait

Anglicized form of "Kampuchea"

Cambodia

"Lion City"

Singapore

Loosely translates to "that's it!"

Brunei

The ruling dynasty + its peninsula

Saudi Arabia

"Land of Bengal"

Bangladesh

In Arabic folk, it means "fertile"

Iraq

Literally translates to "land of the wanderers"

Kazakhstan

"God contends"

Israel

Its name could mean "genuine man"

Uzbekistan

Arabic for "the two seas"

Bahrain

"The land of the Turks"

Turkey

"The origin of the Sun"

Japan

"Forty" + "tribes" is one theory

Kyrgyzstan

"Land of the Afghans"

Afghanistan

"End of Tibet"

Bhutan

All that is known is that it derives from the term used for its inhabitants, "Catharrei"

Qatar

"To flow down"

Jordan

In mythology, it derives from the ancient Hindu sage Ne

Nepal

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5 Comments

Level 43

May 17, 2023

Descriptions for Sri Lanka and Pakistan are incorrect

Level 76

May 17, 2023

Do you know what the correct ones are?

Level 54

May 19, 2024

"Pakistan" has two etymologies: from "pak",Urdu/Persian for pure, and "stan", Farsi for "land of", and as an acronym of Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir and BalochiSTAN.

The "Sri" in Sri Lanka is an honorific term in Sanskrit, "Lanka" does mean island.

Level 91

Sep 6, 2024

This one is harder than the others and could use 60-90 seconds more, but nommed anyway like I did the rest of the series.

Level 76

Sep 6, 2024

Thank you, I really appreciate it!