European Countries by Etymology - Statistics

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Name Meaning Country % Correct
Literally "land of the Greeks" Greece
99%
"Land of the Slovenes" Slovenia
97%
Éiru, an old word for the matron goddess of the island Ireland
96%
"Land of the Franks" France
95%
Named for its icy fjords Iceland
95%
"Land of the Slavs" Slovakia
95%
Might come from the river Bosna Bosnia and Herzegovina
94%
Derived from the name of an Etruscan settlement, Vatica or Vaticum Vatican City
94%
"Dane" + "border" Denmark
93%
The historic Principality of Moldavia Moldova
93%
The Act of Union, by the parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
93%
"Land of the Svea" Sweden
91%
Literally "White Russia" Belarus
90%
"Black Mountain" Montenegro
89%
Named after one of its original cantons, called Schwyz Switzerland
89%
"Lower" lands Netherlands
87%
"Northern way" Norway
87%
"Warm port" in Latin Portugal
87%
"Saint Marinus" San Marino
87%
Comes from the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula Spain
86%
Name of its people, "ungari" Hungary
85%
Named after a Slavic tribe in central Bohemia Czech Republic
84%
"Land of the Sami" Finland
83%
Derived from an ancient tribe, known as the Latgalians Latvia
83%
Roman name for the northern part of Gaul Belgium
80%
"Citizen of the Roman Empire" Romania
79%
"The men from the Bolg" Bulgaria
77%
From an ancient name for a tribe living east of the Rhine River Germany
73%
"Highlanders" in ancient Greek North Macedonia
67%
"Little castle" Luxembourg
59%
The Greek word "meli," meaning honey Malta
58%
Might be related to "khrebet," a word for "mountain chain" Croatia
56%
"Eastern realm" Austria
55%
"Bright stone" Liechtenstein
51%
"The Land of Fields" Poland
48%
Likely means "borderland" Ukraine
46%
Likely derived from the ancient Illyrian tribe Albania
45%
Possibly a native name for "waterside dwellers" Estonia
40%
One possible meaning is "shrub-covered land" Andorra
39%
"Field of blackbirds" Kosovo
39%
Old Norse for "the men who row" Russia
38%
"Single house" Monaco
37%
One theory is that it means "family kinship" and "alliance" Serbia
37%
One theory is that it derives from a verb meaning "to pour" Lithuania
35%
"Land of young bulls" Italy
31%
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