North American Countries by Etymology - Statistics

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Name Meaning Country % Correct
Named after Saint Dominic Dominican Republic
92%
"The Savior" El Salvador
92%
"Rich coast" Costa Rica
91%
Named after Amerigo Vespucci United States of America
90%
Huron-Iroquois word for "village" or "settlement" Canada
84%
Derived from how Aztecs called themselves Mexico
80%
The first name derives from the Holy Trinity, and the second name possibly comes from the indigenous word "tabaco" Trinidad and Tobago
80%
"The Bearded Ones" Barbados
79%
A combination of the native tribe that inhabited this country's big lake, and the Spanish word for "water" Nicaragua
78%
"Ancient" and "Bearded" Antigua and Barbuda
77%
The only country in the world named after a human female St. Lucia
75%
"Land of wood and water" in English, "Xaymaca" in its native tongue Arawak Jamaica
66%
Named after St. ____ of Zaragoza, and "pomegranates" St. Vincent and the Grenadines
66%
"Christopher's Island" and "Our Lady of the Snows" St. Kitts and Nevis
65%
Named for a city in Andalusia Grenada
64%
Likely comes from the Taino language and could mean "where fertile land is abundant" or "great place" Cuba
58%
"The Lord's Day" Dominica
55%
"Depths" referring to deep waters off the coast Honduras
54%
"Large upper middle island" or "shallow sea" Bahamas
52%
Possible origins include "muddy-watered" or the Spanish pronunciation of "Wallace" Belize
51%
"Place of many trees" Guatemala
50%
From Guarani meaning: "Place of many fish," possibly Panama
50%
"Land of mountains" Haiti
44%
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